Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that persistently follows another: "Technological change separates the innovators from the tag-alongs” ( Thomas G. Exter).
Wiktionary
- n. One who, or that which, tags along.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along
Examples
“Being First Lady is a "tagalong" job based on what one's spouse has done.”
“when they headed to the bike corral to hop on their "tagalong" bicycle and ride to their Royal”
“Things get dicey and a lot messy once they and their tagalong Edberg get into the thick of things.”
“The tagalong/assassin leads an ARMY to capture the egg near the end.”
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“Hero goes on quest with a companion and a bumbling fool tagalong the king sends to keep track of their progress.”
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“Please see Jade from Jackie Chan Adventures for a fairly effective example of a kid tagalong.”
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“Even when the King sends a competent tagalong/assassin, he fails to either finish the hero or recover the egg.”
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“Misconception 3: “Adding a tagalong kid will help me broaden my audience base”.”
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“Like a tagalong, but instead of peanut butter it was caramel and pecans.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tagalong’.
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Tag! You're it.
tag, tags, tagging, Tagalog, baronetage, montage, tagalong, Rabindranath Tagore, uredostage, ragtag and bobtail, voltage, price tag and 95 more...
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What follows
follow up, track, pursue, tail, keep abreast, chase after, stick with, tagalong, stick to, trail, camp follower, dog and 55 more...
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