tail out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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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
He'll drop into a soul-arch bottom turn, get a cover-up tube, come out, blast his tail out the back, then carve into the sickest grab-rail roundhouse you've ever seen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Djo, I tell myself, you’ve got to get your tail out of this mess.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
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