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tack sth on phrasal verb

phrasal verb [M] informal

Definition

to add something that you had not planned to add, often without much preparation or thought
At the last minute, they tacked on a couple of extra visits to my schedule.

(Definition of tack sth on from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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