tagged along; tagging along; tags along
: to follow another's lead especially in going from one place to another
Examples of tagalong in a Sentence
Noun
His little sister was sometimes a tagalong on his outings with his friends.
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Akilah Sailers, Essence, 30 Sep. 2024
His friend Ellery Channing was a frequent tagalong, as was Ralph Waldo Emerson’s son Edward.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2024
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
The first half of the show is Teen tagging along with this coven of random witches.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
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Noun
By high school, my mama and aunties became my tagalongs to those wig rooms, encouraging me to define my own beauty.
—Akilah Sailers, Essence, 30 Sep. 2024
His friend Ellery Channing was a frequent tagalong, as was Ralph Waldo Emerson’s son Edward.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2024
Verb
Airplane rides—trips where my dogs cannot tag along—feel less appealing.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
The first half of the show is Teen tagging along with this coven of random witches.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Tagalong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tagalong. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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tagalong
1 of 2 noun
tag·along
ˈtag-ə-ˌlȯŋ 
: one that tags along
tag along
2 of 2 verbˌtag-ə-ˈlȯŋ
: to follow another's lead especially in going from one place to another
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