verb
fix to; attach (Freq. 1)
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append a charm to the necklace
• Hypernyms: ↑attach
• Hyponyms: ↑subjoin
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s something to somebody
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ˌtack ˈon [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tack on he/she/it tacks on present participle tacking on past tense tacked on past participle tacked on] phrasal verb
to add something extra, especially something that does not seem to belong to the rest
It’s a violent film with a happy ending tacked on.
Thesaurus: to include something or someonesynonym
Main entry: tack
Useful english dictionary. 2012.