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in tow |
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in tow closely following; under someone's control. The nanny walked into the park with three children in tow. The manager went to the meeting with her staff in tow. See also: tow in tow if you have someone in tow, you have them with you She arrived with six small children in tow. See toe the lineSee also: tow in tow following or going along under someone's control She usually goes shopping with her three children in tow. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of a vehicle or ship in tow (being pulled with a rope or chain) See also: tow How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It escaped his attention, for he was glancing over the stern at something the boat had in tow. In this predicament, Captain Sublette found them, in a manner becalmed, or rather run aground, at the little frontier town of Independence, in Missouri, and kindly took them in tow. I have seen the boy before,” said Benjamin, who wanted little encouragement to speak; “he has been backing and filling in the wake of Natty Bumppo, through the mountains, after deer, like a Dutch long- boat in tow of an Albany sloop. |
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