English Explanatory Dictionary

put salt on someone's tail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To capture or pin down someone.

Word forms

put salt on someone's tail puts salt on someone's tail putting salt on someone's tail lay salt on someone's tail

Etymology

Alluding to an old folk saying about how to catch birds.

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