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tailgating

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Definition


To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle. Also describes parties, beer drinking and BBQ-s taking place from the back of pickup trucks and SUVs in parking lots before a sporting event or music concert.

Context : Social Life
Category: Lexicon
Semantic: BBQ, drive, party
Examples of idiom “tailgating” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'TailgateSavant'
    TailgateSavant:

    -#youmightwannastop: tailgating me. You don't like it? Pass. I like that - saw it on a bumper sticker last week. Tired of tailgaters. ...

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'conceitedjenna'
    conceitedjenna:

    #youmightwannastop tailgating me. im not gonna go any faster

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'Tailgate88'
    Tailgate88:

    Just got back from 10 days of tailgating in Bristol

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'nobius'
    nobius:

    She gave me that camping/tailgating chair I've been wanting as an anniversary gift. I love her