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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tack .
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Examples
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Joe tried not to imagine her imagining his name tacked on to the end of hers.
Winter Bloom Tara Heavey 2010
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When we had finished I stood mopping my face with a handkerchief, but my eyes were glued to the label tacked on one of the boxes.
A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 William MacLeod Raine 1912
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Funny, campy and sarcastic seem to in tacked, my only problem are the monsters.
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An unnecessary roughness call on Rosevelt Colvin tacked on more yardage to Owens '30-yard catch to give the Eagles first and goal.
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So, Nick thinks he is a ‘peer’ merely because he got his name tacked onto some review article and because he spent years on a forum obsessing over this flagellum problem.
Flagellum evolution paper exhibits canine qualities - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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So, Nick thinks he is a ‘peer’ merely because he got his name tacked onto some review article and because he spent years on a forum obsessing over this flagellum problem.
Flagellum evolution paper exhibits canine qualities - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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And this Blogger label tacked on to each commenter's name is kind of weird.
"I'm not doin' hand shows today." Ann Althouse 2007
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It is not strange, therefore, that the edifice was completed by a Chicago contractor who had less self-respect than Mr. Willis, the latter having abruptly refused to have his name tacked on to the work.
The Celebrity, Volume 01 Winston Churchill 1909
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It is not strange, therefore, that the edifice was completed by a Chicago contractor who had less self-respect than Mr. Willis, the latter having abruptly refused to have his name tacked on to the work.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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It is not strange, therefore, that the edifice was completed by a Chicago contractor who had less self-respect than Mr. Willis, the latter having abruptly refused to have his name tacked on to the work.
The Celebrity, Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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