- tack something onto something
- tack something onto something & tack something on†to add something onto something. •
The waiter kept tacking charges onto my bill.
•He tacked on charge after charge.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
tack something onto something
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tack something onto something — ˌtack sthˈon | ˌtack sth ˈonto sth derived (informal) to add sth to sth that already exists, especially in a careless way • The poems were tacked on at the end of the book. Main entry: ↑tackderived … Useful english dictionary
tack something on — ˌtack sthˈon | ˌtack sth ˈonto sth derived (informal) to add sth to sth that already exists, especially in a careless way • The poems were tacked on at the end of the book. Main entry: ↑tackderived … Useful english dictionary
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