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Meanings of tagalong in English

Catalan
lapa

Someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along.

lapa
Synonyms
Examples for "hanger-on"
Examples for "hanger-on"
1
The whole gang of hanger-on chiefs is perpetually loaded to the guards.
A Son of the Sun
2
You will become a dependent in this house, a hanger-on, a sponger.
Love, the Fiddler
3
I don't care two straws about Deronda, or any other conceited hanger-on.
Daniel Deronda
4
The Oracle is humble enough before the hanger-on of the turf.
Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories
5
He's not much of a hanger-on at the best of times.
The Guardian
Usage of tagalong in English
1
I never shot a murderer, or an innocent tagalong kid, before nightfall.
A killing night
2
A tagalong who was always following them around.
Purple heart
3
I had passed it a thousand times; so had many producers, actors, executives, and the occasional tagalong screenwriter.
The new yorker
4
To hear some tell it, it's not unfair wages or job losses, but those little tagalong critters known as invasive species.
Wired
5
He was her source of income at the moment, and he hadn't discounted that she might be willing to play tagalong for that reason alone.
Here comes trouble
Translations for tagalong
Tagalong through the time