tail out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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In something of an irony, Lotus’s historic approach to cornering and traction management—crossed up, tail out, mustaches ablaze—looks a lot like what the kids call drifting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
It does that with a big splash, flashing its red tail out of the water.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
They hold the tail out, to make the dog seem longer.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2019
I personally can’t make head nor tail out of Rowling’s novels.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2014
But he was that big and at the end of this circle he came to the surface only thirty yards away and the man saw his tail out of water.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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