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TACK ON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fix to; attach

Example:

append a charm to the necklace

Synonyms:

append; hang on; tack; tack on; tag on

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "tack on" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tack on"):

subjoin (add to the end)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

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