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idiombe on sb's tail1 to be chasing or following someone very closely:The powerboat screamed out to sea as though the devil himself were on its tail.She kept checking all the time that there was no one on her tail.2 spoken (also sit on sb's tail BrE) if a car is on your tail, it is annoying you because it is following your car too closely:Dougal got quite worried when a police car sat on his tail for half a mile.I hate driving along this road with a big truck on my tail.
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