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Meaning of on the tack | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Tacking.
not-comparable
Without alcohol; teetotal.
not-comparable, slang

Examples

“For they were always going on the tack; a dozen pairs of sympathetic eyes would follow the consciously heroic youth as he wandered down the veranda with a glass of orange juice in his hand; and they asked anxiously, ‘How goes it, Frankie?’”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

on the up-and-up on the wane on time on trend on-again, off-again on-and-off