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Tailing

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shadowingnounThe situation where a person repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones).
followingnounComing next, either in sequence or in time.

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followingnounComing next, either in sequence or in time.
shadowingnounThe situation where a person repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones).
followverb(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
trackingnounThe act or process by which something is tracked.
dovenoun(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
residuesnounThat which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
danglingverbSuspended from above.
stalknounThe stem or main axis of a plant.
backtracknounThe act of backtracking.
traversalnounThe act of traversing; a crossing.
switchingnounThe act or process of something that switches.
piggybacknoun(countable) A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
tackingverb(nautical) The act of changing tack.
sidlingverbThe motion of one who sidles.
chasenounThe act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
straight shirttailnoun(US, dated) A very hurried journey or movement, especially in return to a previous location; a dash.
change of tacknoun(idiomatic) A reversal of an opinion.
fetch-and-carrynoun(figuratively) A person who serves in an overly obedient or subservient manner.
trottingnounThe action of the verb trot.
outflankingnounThe act of one who outflanks.

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