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with one's tail up

with one's tail up prepositional phrase: confidently.

Prepositional phrase

  1. confidently
    • 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...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

Questions about with one's tail up

What does with one's tail up mean?
With one's tail up means confidently.
What part of speech is with one's tail up?
With one's tail up is a prepositional phrase.

Words near with one's tail up in the dictionary

  1. with one's head held high
  2. with one's jaw in one's lap
  3. with one's last breath
  4. with one's own eyes
  5. with one's pants down
  6. with one's tail up
  7. with one's thumb up one's ass
  8. with one's thumbs up one's arse
  9. with one's thumbs up one's ass
  10. with one's tongue in one's cheek
  11. with open arms

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