tailgate

1. (intransitive, transitive)To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.

   That idiot has been tailgating me for the last five minutes.

   dicht auffahren, drängeln

   не соблюда́ть диста́нциюne sobljudátʹ distánciju, не соблюсти́ диста́нциюne sobljustí distánciju

   follow at a dangerously close distance

2. To follow another person through access control on their access, rather than on one’s own credentials, especially when entering a door controlled by a card reader.

   проходить паровозикомproxoditʹ

3. To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.

4. (US, intransitive)To participate in a tailgate party.

1. Tom sat next to Mary on the tailgate.

   deTom setzte sich neben Maria auf den Kofferraum.

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2. Tom was tailgating the car in front of him.

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3. Tom kept tailgating the car in front of us even though I told him it was unsafe to do so.

   deObwohl ich ihm gesagt hatte, dass es gefährlich wäre, hörte Tom nicht auf, dem Wagen vor uns an der Stoßstange zu kleben.

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4. Don't tailgate this truck.

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5. Don't tailgate, please.

   deBitte drängle nicht!

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