tack on
Related to tack on: roughshod, come in handy, refer to, change tack
tack on
To add something on to something else. A noun or pronoun can be used between "tack" or "on." Miss, can I tack a side of bacon onto my order? If you kids keep talking, I'll tack another essay onto your homework.
See also: on, tack
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
tack on
v.
1. To attach something to a surface using a tack, pin, or nail: I tack my children's drawings on the kitchen door. The teacher set up a big corkboard, and each child tacked on a poem.
2. To add or append something additional: The hotel tacked on a five percent service fee. I read my essay again and tacked an introduction on.
See also: on, tack
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- add in
- add to
- add to (something)
- add on
- all right
- a/the feel of (something)
- a necessary evil
- (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
- a straw will show which way the wind blows
- a crack at (someone or something)