Meanings
verbdangle after (third-person singular simple present dangles after, present participle dangling after, simple past and past participle dangled after)
present singular third person dangles after · participle present dangling after · participle past dangled after · past dangled after
- datedTo hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset.
the presbyterians, and their clans of other fanaticks, or freethinkers and atheists that dangle after them, are as well inclined to pull down the present establishment of monarchy and religion
1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction
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