on one's tail

1. see get off one's tail; on someone's coattails.

Example Sentences

It’s not that audiences can’t be persuaded, in the long-run, to buy into adventures with new heroes, but the chances of them doing so straight off the bat are probably up there with the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field with Imperial star destroyers on one’s tail.

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I was on one's tail as we went over Waialua . . . and there was one following firing at me .

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The sense of panic over a deadline, a tight plane connection, a reckless driver on one's tail are the new beasts that can set the heart racing, the teeth on edge, the sweat streaming.

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It was plain to him that Aunt Nancy didn't know anything about the trick of putting salt on one's tail.

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