Course and Tail

Course

Course verb - To go after or on the track of.

Usage example: after coursing the conspirators for months, the federal agents closed in and made the arrests

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Tail and course are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tail" instead the word "Course" as a verb or a noun. informal substitute

Nearby Words: coursed, coursing, courser, courseware

Tail verb - To go after or on the track of.

Usage example: tailed my brother-in-law to see where he was going at that time of the evening

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Course and tail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Course" instead the word "Tail" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: tailpiece, tailing, tailed, tailless

long	long course	long tail
similar	similar course	similar tail
short	short course	short tail
appropriate	appropriate course	appropriate tail
Other adjectives: original, single, obvious, small, actual, entire, real, huge, black, new, deadly, different, literal, giant.

There's the other time that happens, of course, where she gropes him (expecting to find Shippo's tail, because of course Miroku would never have so much tact to properly comfort her).

Source: Moment Killer
Of course, a real platypus tail looks nothing like a beaver's tail, but that doesn't stop the majority of cartoon depictions from showing one anyway, often complete with thumping behavior.

Source: Everything's Better with Platypi
Then of course there is the Braixen who gingerly states why it has a twig in its bushy tail.

Source: Video Game / Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

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