dangled after

Verb

dangle after (third-person singular simple present dangles after, present participle dangling after, simple past and past participle dangled after)

1. (dated) To 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 religion1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction