with one's tail up

prepositional phrase

confidently

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. confidently
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    Seconds later Nano’s monster throw-in from the left was recycled to the wing-back and, when he produced the most delicious of deliveries, the totally unmarked Lopes drilled home from six yards. Now with their tails up, Toni tried his luck with a dipping effort from distance that had Ferguson at full stretch once again.

    2024 August 29, Alex Mills, “Larne headed for Conference League group stages as Andy Ryan hat-trick secures historic Play-Off joy”, in Belfast Telegraph
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APA

with one's tail up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20one's%20tail%20up

MLA

“with one's tail up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20one's%20tail%20up. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “with one's tail up,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20one's%20tail%20up.

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