Following
Tagging
Tagging noun - The act of going after or in the tracks of another.
Usage example: after a weeklong tagging of the suspect, the detective had the all the evidence he needed that there was a smuggling operation going on
Following and tagging are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Following" instead a noun "Tagging".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- He goes after them, following a van he is led to believe to contain his son to the FBI Headquarters' parking garage, with Whit Carver tagging along.
Source: Shoot The Shaggy Dog / Film -
Then it's subverted; she once again announces she won't keep tagging along with them, and follows through this time (and Eru and Isla, lacking their Only Sane Woman, get themselves in trouble by following Tsukasa into the mens' showers).
Source: Gilligan Cut
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Tagging and Following. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/following/tagging
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