tag along

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   go along with, often uninvited

   “my younger brother often tagged along when I went out with my friends”

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Questions about tag along

What does tag along mean?

tag along means "go along with, often uninvited".

Is tag along a common word?

tag along is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.