tags along

verb

present tense third-person singular of tag along
as in tags

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tags along
  1. tags
  2. follows
  3. tails
  4. guides
  5. shadows
  6. brings
  7. pilots
  8. leads
Verb
  • For example, if a user logs a 50-mile running goal in Nike Run Club, the CDP tags the user’s profile.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
  • McDonnell, who focuses on predatory fish and impacts from climate change and fishing, typically tags fish with sensors for studies.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2026
Definition of tags
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  • Each episode follows one garden over an extended period, capturing animal behavior rarely witnessed by human eyes – from raising families and defending territories to hunting, courting and surviving the changing seasons.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Hotels, as well as airports, are perfect places to test this technology because their electricity usage follows quite predictable patterns.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of follows
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  • Cuevas remembers the wins, the journey and the spiral — Penix, as a lefty, threw a distinct ball that tails away from pass-catchers.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Definition of tails
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  • Her startling novel guides us through the Stettheimer sisters’ fabulous world and the interior spaces of a troubled woman’s mind.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Trask, who grow up under the demanding eye of father Cyrus (Tracy Letts), a one-legged Civil War hero who guides them with military rigor.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of guides
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  • An unusually tight security detail shadows Rodríguez’s every step.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 30 July 2026
  • While darker colors remained visible, they could be mistaken for dirt, debris, or shadows underwater.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Definition of shadows
Verb
  • Their arrival brings the number of satellites developed for GHGSat to 13.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This brings us back to how Crohn’s is not juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
    — John Mildenberger, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of brings
Verb
  • Heath pilots a fighter jet, deploys bombs in foreign countries, and thwarts cyberattacks, all after remarkably cursory and casual conversations with a government official.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Manuel Varela, who also pilots Goodie, says the drone has switchable nozzles for whatever the cleaning job calls for.
    — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Definition of pilots
Verb
  • Marouli also leads the wine tastings in the dining room Epicora.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • His top targets have been mammoth tight end Tyler Warren, who leads the team in catches and receiving TDs, and field-stretching wideout Josh Downs.
    — Elise Devlin, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of leads
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