Definitions
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- noun An act of driving dangerously close behind another vehicle.
- verb Present participle of
tailgate .
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Examples
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M. O'BRIEN: Kind of gives new meaning to the term tailgating, does it?
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I actually learned this in Malaysia where tailgating is normal and the clerk at the Hertz Rental Car Agency in Penang told me that if I ran over a local in a village, I should run for it to avoid being lynched on the spot.
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Assuming, of course that tailgating is a problem that requires huge dots on the road.
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Fans had packed the stadium car park on Monday morning for one last version of that pre-game ritual of "tailgating" - barbecuing and picnicing from their cars.
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One of the biggest causes highlighted by the ABI was "tailgating" - driving too close to the car in front, and it called for the government's proposed new framework for learner drivers to emphasise safe following distances.
British Blogs 2008
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One of the biggest causes highlighted by the ABI was "tailgating" - driving too close to the car in front, and it called for the government's proposed new framework for learner drivers to emphasise safe following distances.
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Despite LSU's three national-championship teams in the last decade, he says, "the tailgating is a priority."
You Can't Spell 'Lush' Without L-S-U Ben Cohen 2012
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What you ascribe to would-be marble respossessors is a fair description of a regrettable practice called tailgating a rich issue.
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They are there for tailgating, which is another way of saying, they have come to drink.
Alison Stein Wellner: The Indy 500, or America, in the Round 2008
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Joe Cahn, the self-described commissioner of tailgating whose hundreds of venue visits include stops at every National Football League stadium, calls tailgating at places such as Qualcomm the last great bastion for face-to-face interaction in a Facebook world.
Fore, right! 2010
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