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
As he tugged at his cow's udders, the ordinary dairyman of the great dairy State of New York had plenty to bother him last week besides keeping Bossy's tail out of his eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I can’t make head or tail out of it. Your father would probably say the text was all wrong.”
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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