Collocations for "tack"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tack" in context.
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tack
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [put, hold] it up with a tack
- held down using carpet tack
- hold it together with a (brass) tack
- don't give up. Try a [different, new] tack
- changed tack (when, so, to)
- has a lot of tack to it
- is losing its tack
- nautical: sail on a [starboard, port] tack
- equestrian: saddles, bridles, and other tack
- tack [the flyer, the poster, it] to the [wall, board]
- tack [the flyer] onto the [wall]
- tack on another [victory, decade, $100]
- tack on additional [charges, fees, regulations]
- tack on extra [charges]
- tack it [on, down]
- tack [the answer, it, the comment] on at the end
- the [answer] was tacked on at the end
- on a tack board
'tack' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):