tag along

VERB

accompany

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attend escort follow guide lead

STRONG

chaperon conduct consort convoy date dog draft drag guard shadow spook squire tailgate usher

WEAK

associate with come along go along hang around with hang out keep company look after shlep along show about show around stick to string along take out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon disregard leave lose neglect

STRONG

ignore

WEAK

desert withdraw

VERB

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accompany attend seek track

STRONG

catenate chase concatenate convoy dog draggle escort freeze hound hunt persecute search shadow shag spook stalk tag tail tailgate

WEAK

bring up the rear come with dog the footsteps of give chase go after go with onto put a tail on run after run down schlepp along stick to string along tag after take out after

Antonyms

STRONGEST

neglect

STRONG

ignore leave alone let go run away

WEAK

avoid disregard go before lead misunderstand not get pass over precede scorn shun slight

VERB

link

Synonyms

STRONGEST

associate attach bind combine hook up identify join relate tie unite

STRONG

bracket conjoin conjugate couple fasten group incorporate interface network yoke

WEAK

hitch on meld with plug into slap on tack on tag on team up with throw in with tie in with

Antonyms

STRONGEST

detach disconnect disjoin dissociate disunite divide divorce loose loosen part separate sever unfasten untie

WEAK

unlink

VERB

trail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chase fall behind falter lag pull

STRONG

dally dangle dawdle delay dog drag draggle draw droop extend flag halt hang haul hunt linger loiter plod poke procrastinate pursue shadow shag spook spoor stalk straggle stream tail tarry tow trace track traipse trudge

WEAK

bedog bring up the rear drop back fall back follow a scent hang back hang down nose out poke along string along take out after

Antonyms

STRONG

advance carry on complete finish forward go hasten hurry ignore leave leave alone let go push rise run away rush shorten speed stop tiptoe

WEAK

lead

Example Sentences

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His friend Elizabeth Ann Cole begged to tag along.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

That is the opportunity for an investor willing to tag along with Elliott and play a special situation in a foreign land.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

He’s very present in his daughter’s life and even has her tag along for a few of his more questionable adventures, like tracking a dead man’s book collection to a local lake.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2025

Long before politics, Musk allowed his children to tag along.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

Finally, four smugglers let them tag along with eighty migrants who Gabi learned had paid between $5,000 and $8,000 apiece.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

tag along

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