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
Simon Shuster, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
But instead of continuing alone to the gate and flying back to the U.S., King tagged along with a group that had just arrived and was heading for Panmunjom, the official said.
—Kayla McCormick, NBC News, 22 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
When House Republicans invited Trump to a closed-door session on Capitol Hill, Musk tagged along, the window of his car in Trump’s motorcade labeled GUEST 1.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
But instead of continuing alone to the gate and flying back to the U.S., King tagged along with a group that had just arrived and was heading for Panmunjom, the official said.
—Kayla McCormick, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
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“Tagalong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tagalong. Accessed 29 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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