tag : Idioms & Phrases

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dog tag

  • noun military identification tag worn on a chain around the neck
  • noun metal plate on a dog collar bearing its registration number
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name tag

  • noun a tag showing the name of the person who wears it
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price tag

  • noun a tag showing the price of the article it is attached to
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Rag, tag, and bobtail

  • the rabble.
Webster 1913

tag along

  • verb go along with, often uninvited
    • my younger brother often tagged along when I went out with my friends
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Tag and rag

  • the lowest sort; the rabble. Holinshed.
Webster 1913

tag end

  • noun a small piece of cloth or paper
    rag; tatter; shred; tag.
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tag line

  • noun the point of a joke or humorous story
    gag line; laugh line; punch line.
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tag on

  • verb fix to; attach
    tack on; tack; append; hang on.
    • append a charm to the necklace
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tag-rag

Tag"-rag` noun & adjective
Etymology
See Tag an end, and Rag.
Definitions
  1. The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail.
    If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, I am no true man. Shak.
Webster 1913

tagging program

  • noun a computer program that attaches labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter
    tagger.
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