tag line
or tagline
the last line of a play, story, speech, etc., used to clarify or dramatize a point.
a phrase or catchword that becomes identified or associated with a person, group, product, etc., through repetition: Entertainers often develop tag lines, like Ted Lewis's “Is everybody happy?”
Machinery. (on a crane) a cable for steadying a suspended bucket at the rear.
Origin of tag line
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How to use tag line in a sentence
That should really be the tagline for the action-heavy fourth season of Homeland: “No Country For Young Daughters.”
‘Homeland’ Season 4: A Stripped-Down and Surprisingly Badass Return to Form | Marlow Stern | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe tagline for the Museum is “Paz, Memoria, y Sobernía”: Peace, Memory and Sovereignty.
The Never-Ending Falklands War: In Buenos Aires, A Museum's Selective History | Michael Luongo | August 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd always the same tagline: “From the author of The Notebook.”
A Love Letter to ‘The Notebook,’ a Melodrama That Commits to Its Sentimentality | Teo Bugbee | June 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe tagline for the fourth season of Game of Thrones was “All Men Must Die.”
Valar Morghulis: Game of Thrones’ Women Are Going to Rule the World | Scott Bixby | June 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe ad campaign surrounding the launch bears the tagline “Failure is an Option.”
Domino’s Fried-Chicken Pizza Means We’ve Hit Peak Food Trolling | Daniel Gross | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for tag line
an amusing or memorable phrase designed to catch attention in an advertisement
another name for punch line
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