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View synonyms for tag line
tag line
or tagline
noun
- the last line of a play, story, speech, etc., used to clarify or dramatize a point.
- a phrase or catchword that becomes identified or associated with a person, group, product, etc., through repetition:
Entertainers often develop tag lines, like Ted Lewis's “Is everybody happy?”
- Machinery. (on a crane) a cable for steadying a suspended bucket at the rear.
tag line
noun
- an amusing or memorable phrase designed to catch attention in an advertisement
- See punch lineanother name for punch line
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tag line1
First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences
On October 16, photos surfaced with the tag-line “I found Banksy.”
From The Daily Beast
One commercial shows her with Tripp and uses the tag line, "I never thought I would be a statistic."
From The Daily Beast
He spoke the mad kings mad tag-line and got himself off the stage.
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