I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
▪
Most of those who resisted the notion of a radical indeterminacy in nature followed a different tack from Einstein.
▪
But Clinton and Dole have taken a completely different tack .
▪
New Line, the most interesting independent, is taking a different tack .
▪
On a different tack , Republican lawmakers have penned bills that would limit welfare benefits to teen moms.
▪
Questions about the nature of the self have taken different tacks depending on which tradition the questions come from.
▪
In the House of Lords, the argument went off on a rather different tack .
▪
I tried a different tack , beginning with the conscious demotion of sensei.
new
▪
Once on the new side, the rig should be thrown well forwards to complete the turn on to the new tack .
▪
Last year, Krenning decided to try a new tack .
▪
Then Patrick changed the subject and when they were all away on the new tack he took Rain aside.
▪
But as the elder brother remains silent, his lawyers are preparing a new tack in their fight against murder charges.
▪
Fig 28 Once round on to the new tack , the board is steered on to its new course by leaning the rig forwards.
■ NOUN
room
▪
She wasn't on the wooden horse or in the yard or in the tack room .
▪
Luke could have done with more help, but Umberto had barricaded himself into the tack room with another bottle.
▪
It was past three o'clock, but the tack room light, besieged with huge crashing moths, was still on.
▪
Julia, his bridle, I think, must still be in the tack room .
▪
From the tack room Umberto's snores rent the air.
▪
She turned out the light and reaching for a pitchfork crept towards the tack room .
▪
Our tack room is filled with the smell of leather and saddle soap.
▪
The stable hands eat lunch in the tack room .
■ VERB
change
▪
It therefore had to change tack , further adding to confusion in governmental policy-making.
▪
In another chamber in the same palace Seigneur Amaury de Craon was also preparing to change tack .
▪
Then he changed tack and asked us if we had any problems with his friends.
▪
They had to change tack , agreed Paul McGee.
▪
Whilst these are small adjustments, Aldus have changed their tack on two other fronts as well.
▪
Then it changed tack , slewing around slightly.
▪
Nigel changed tack and his tone became more accommodating.
▪
You need flexibility to change tack if you are not getting it right.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be on the wrong track/tack
▪
He admitted that he had gotten us off on the wrong tack, and that we'd need to start again.
▪
I feel that this advertising campaign is on completely the wrong tack.
▪
I knew I was on the wrong track when the tall reeds broke to reveal the brown-bellied river.
get down to brass tacks
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Bristle brushes, tacks, and candles got similar treatment.
▪
Johnnie found the tacks in the bottom drawer and, whirling on her heels, marched out of the kitchen.
▪
Last year, Krenning decided to try a new tack .
▪
Once on the new side, the rig should be thrown well forwards to complete the turn on to the new tack .
▪
She wasn't on the wooden horse or in the yard or in the tack room.
▪
The horse was immaculate, mane braided, tack buffed to perfection.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
on
▪
The emergency gas cans might tack on an-other fifty.
▪
She tacked on to me because I was useful.
▪
But officials are hoping that the yearlong grace period tacked on last year will mean no last-minute crush this year.
▪
Next day he would come with a rough square tacked on to the inside.
▪
Johnson tacked on an extra $ 500 because Alomar also missed a team banquet in April.
▪
It was basically a puppet, made of yellow cloth with some purple and blue rags tacked on .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
A few charcoal sketches were tacked to the walls.
▪
Always nice that they tack a little contest on to the end of a week like this.
▪
Environmental protection can not be tacked on to the end of industrial development.
▪
Seagate Technology tacked on 7 / 8 to 47 3 / 4, having traded as high as 49 in the session.
▪
Then firmly tack the seam, leaving the needles in place, to hold the layers together.
▪
They hung at the end of slender wrists and looked as if they had been tacked on to the wrong person.
▪
They would search the woods behind the house, and Nockerd would tack the chicken wire tighter around the cage.
▪
When all the pleats have been tacked in place, check that the finished width equals the length of the valance rail.