Following and Tail

Following

Following noun - A body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person.

Usage example: a prince with a large following to do practically everything for him

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Tail and following are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tail" instead the word "Following" as a noun or an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: follow, follower, followed

Tail noun - A body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person.

Usage example: the tail that accompanies the prince wherever he goes

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Following and tail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Following" instead the word "Tail" as a noun or an adjective.

Nearby Words: tailpiece, tailing, tailed, tailless

high	high following	high tail
small	small following	small tail
actual	actual following	actual tail
entire	entire following	entire tail
Other adjectives: real, massive, large, big, huge, tiny, larger, bigger.

One man they're following has had training in counter-surveillance and tries various methods to shake a tail, but the Watchers have him in a 'box' so that he'll always travel in the direction of a Watcher, no matter which way he goes.

Source: Incredibly Obvious Tail
He draws the attention of a beat cop to the two suspicious men that are following him, and thus escapes his Surete tail.

Source: Calling the Cops on the FBI
Following their battle with Destoroyah, one of the Mothra larvae tries to play with Godzilla's tail.

Source: Comic Book / Godzilla: Rulers of Earth

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