Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on someone's tail

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: on -some-one's -tail
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Following someone closely.

Example Sentences

"The police were on his tail for half an hour."
"He was on my tail for the whole event, and he kept asking me about the food."

Questions

What does on someone's tail mean?: Following someone closely.

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