Translations for „tack on“ in the English » German Dictionary

tack on VB trans

1. tack on inf (add afterwards):

to tack on ⇆ sth [to sth]

etw [an etw acc ] anfügen [o. anhängen]

to tack on ⇆ sth [to sth]

etw [zu etw dat ] hinzufügen

2. tack on (sew loosely):

to tack on ⇆ sth [to sth]

etw [an etw acc ] anheften

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to tack on ⇆ sth [to sth]

etw [an etw acc ] anfügen [o. anhängen]

to tack up ⇆ sth [on sth]

etw [an etw acc ] heften

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Typically, you can't just tack on a feature like greenness to a drug without affecting its entire design, including important medical properties.

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The tack on the horses and buggies is often all black, rather than brown leather.

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So when the destination is directly into the wind the best strategy is given by the racing adage tack on a header.

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