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put a tail on

VERB

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accompany attend seek track

STRONG

catenate chase concatenate convoy dog draggle escort freeze hound hunt persecute search shadow shag spook stalk tag tail tailgate

WEAK

bring up the rear come with dog the footsteps of give chase go after go with onto run after run down schlepp along stick to string along tag after tag along take out after

Antonyms

STRONGEST

neglect

STRONG

ignore leave alone let go run away

WEAK

avoid disregard go before lead misunderstand not get pass over precede scorn shun slight

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Dionne a quote worthy of the Hubris Hall of Fame: “Follow me around. . . . If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They’d be very bored.’

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2018

“I don’t care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They’d be very bored.”

From The New Yorker • Jan. 27, 2015

Hart famously said, “Follow me around. I don’t care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They’d be very bored.”

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2014

Hart was exasperated and he finally told Dionne: “Follow me around. I don’t care. I’m serious. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They’d be very bored.”

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2014

“Commandant’s put a tail on you. He’s trying to work his way through the crowd. We can’t risk a meeting now. Do you have anything for us?”

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

put a tail on

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