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The phrase "a tack on" is not correct in standard written English.
You might be trying to refer to "a tack-on," which is used to describe something that is added or appended to something else.
Example: "The new features are just a tack-on to the existing software, not a complete overhaul."
Alternatives: "an addition" or "a supplement."
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Ed Walsh was arguably the best pitcher of the first decade of the 20th century because he reportedly could control the spitball so well he could hit a tack on a wall with it.
Mr. Bromberg sounded strong and thoughtful and sharp as a tack on the other end of the line, his voice in my ear a vibrant connection not just to the man himself but to the times he had lived through, to the world he was born into, a world in which the greater part of Jewry lived under the Czar, the Kaiser, and the Hapsburg Emperor, in whose army Adolf Hitler was a corporal.
And whether you're an occasional business traveler or an avid jet-setter, every time you clear security or customs, you don't just take luggage; you also take your attitude and drop it like a tack on our global map.
To hold the hook steady, try to hold the hook by using a tack on the wall or any flat surface like a table or try to pinch the lanyard between your knees.
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It's been isolated from the rest of my work, like it's a tacked on thing.
"We looked for programs that tried to teach children something that was integrated throughout the program and not just as a tack-on," Mr. Woodard said.
I think of it as a tacked-on affect for nostalgia, rather than real architecture with some connection with function".
The production company decided that the film was too confusing, and insisted on a voiceover and a tacked-on happy ending that Scott hated.
One of the big questions Netflix still has right now is what kind of price tag it will carry as a tack-on to a Comcast subscription.
We also stated, per our original sources, that the fresh capital was a tack-on to the company's Series A; rather, the new funding is a convertible note into the Series B. Pictured: Paul Judge outside a truck promoting Luma at Disrupt SF.
Background notifications are like a godsend for iPhone users and developers alike – but it's still a tacked on solution.
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