"tag along" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-tag along.ogg [Australia] Forms: tags along [present, singular, third-person], tagging along [participle, present], tagged along [participle, past], tagged along [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tag along (third-person singular simple present tags along, present participle tagging along, simple past and past participle tagged along)
  1. (idiomatic) To accompany, join, or follow; to go with. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: tagalong [noun], tag-along right, tagger-along Related terms: go along for the ride Translations (To accompany, join, or follow; to go with): 跟随 (gēnsuí) (Chinese Mandarin), 陪伴 (péibàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 加入 (jiārù) (Chinese Mandarin), meegaan volgen begeleiden (Dutch), kuniri (Esperanto), mitkommen (German), साथ चलना (sāth calnā) (Hindi), साथ आना (sāth ānā) (Hindi), संग चलना (saṅg calnā) (Hindi), संग आना (saṅg ānā) (Hindi), соста́вить компанию (sostávitʹ kompaniju) (Russian), ходить хвостом (xoditʹ xvostom) (Russian), acompañar (Spanish), ir con (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tag_along-en-verb-1rikyfPc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (along)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tag along meaning in English (3.5kB)

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        "(idiomatic) To accompany, join, or follow; to go with."
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          "roman": "gēnsuí",
          "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
          "word": "跟随"
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          "word": "meegaan volgen begeleiden"
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          "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
          "word": "kuniri"
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          "word": "संग आना"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sostávitʹ kompaniju",
          "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
          "word": "соста́вить компанию"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "xoditʹ xvostom",
          "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
          "word": "ходить хвостом"
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          "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
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      "roman": "gēnsuí",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "跟随"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "péibàn",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "陪伴"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiārù",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "加入"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "meegaan volgen begeleiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "kuniri"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "mitkommen"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sāth calnā",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "साथ चलना"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sāth ānā",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "साथ आना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "saṅg calnā",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "संग चलना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "saṅg ānā",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "संग आना"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sostávitʹ kompaniju",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "соста́вить компанию"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xoditʹ xvostom",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "ходить хвостом"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "acompañar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To accompany, join, or follow; to go with",
      "word": "ir con"
    }
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  "word": "tag along"
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