tag along

See also: tagalong

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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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.

   If you ever visit the bamboo gardens, I'd like to tag along.

   • 2004, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, spoken by Steve Zissou (Bill Murray):

     Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go on an overnight drunk, and in 10 days I'm going to set out to find the shark that ate my friend and destroy it. Anyone who wants to tag along is more than welcome.

Derived terms

• tagalong (noun)
• tag-along right
• tagger-along

 

Translations

To accompany, join, or follow; to go with

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 跟随 (zh) (gēnsuí), 陪伴 (zh) (péibàn), 加入 (zh) (jiārù)

• Dutch: meegaan (nl) volgen (nl) begeleiden (nl)
• Esperanto: kuniri
• German: mitkommen (de)
• Hindi: साथ चलना (sāth calnā), साथ आना (sāth ānā), संग चलना (saṅg calnā), संग आना (saṅg ānā)
• Russian: соста́вить компанию (sostávitʹ kompaniju), ходить хвостом (xoditʹ xvostom)
• Spanish: acompañar (es), ir con

See also

• go along for the ride