tailgated

Rode someone's bumper

Tailgated is the past tense of tailgate.

To tailgate is to drive dangerously close behind another vehicle: The truck tailgated me for three miles.

Tailgate also means to host or attend a parking lot party before a sporting event, with food and drinks served from the back of vehicles: We tailgated before the game.

driving

rearview

Showing what's behind

highway · speeding · congestion · honking · intimidation · pressure · unsafe · collision · braking · mirror

surveillance

followed

Came behind another

pursued · watched · trailed · monitored · stalked · surveilled · chased · observed · investigated · dogged

pregame

grill

Cooking surface over fire

stadium · burgers · hotdogs · fans · canopy · lawnchairs · cornhole · pre-game · chips · salsa

Opposites
following distance

tailgatedhung back

Stayed reluctantly behind

stayed back · kept back · dropped back · fell back · lagged behind

driving manner/courtesy

tailgatedbacked off

Withdrew from confrontation

yielded · gave way · ushered

Phrases
Family

tailgate, tailgater, tailgating, tailgates, tailgaters

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G