to tail in

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to tail in - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tail \Tail\, v. t.
     1. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely
        to, as that which can not be evaded. [Obs.]
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              Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds,
              wherewith he was tailed, continued uncanceled, and
              was called on the next Parliament.    --Fuller.
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     2. To pull or draw by the tail. [R.] --Hudibras.
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     To tail in or To tail on (Arch.), to fasten by one of the
        ends into a wall or some other support; as, to tail in a
        timber.
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