Which preposition to use with tack

to Occurrences 45%

Now he lived with it, from tacks to tractors, ten or twelve hours a day.

in Occurrences 23%

No progress could be made as there was no room to tack in the narrow passages opposite Sorel.

on Occurrences 23%

"They've been most uncommonly touge all through the year, sir," replied Eaton, tacking on the "sir" in order to impress Midshipmen Flint and Austin with the tremendous dignity or all upper classmen.

about Occurrences 15%

Oh, dear Captain, let us tack about and go home again.

of Occurrences 7%

As if to divert her mind, he reproduced for her the tick-tack of the spit in the kitchen, the shrill cry of the fish-vendors, the saw of the carpenter who had a shop opposite, and when the door-bell rang, he would imitate Madame Aubain: "Félicité!

with Occurrences 5%

It mastheads the topsail-yards, on making sail; it starts the anchor from the domestic or foreign mud; it "rides down the main tack with a will"; it breaks out and takes on board cargo; it keeps the pumps (the ship's,not the sailor's) going.

for Occurrences 5%

but,' says she, 'I've a better tack for collectin' than most people, and I've concluded to canvass this town myself for donations to this noble and worthy cause; and I've come to you, Miss Bugbee,' says she, 'to lead off with your accustomed liberality.

at Occurrences 4%

Before we arrived at Key West the baked-beans had all been eaten and the water in the tanks had gone rottenwe carried no condenserso that we were reduced to the rather monotonous diet of tomatoes for breakfast, tomatoes and canned roast beef for dinner, and tomatoes again for supper; with a full allowance of coffee and hard tack at all three meals.

into Occurrences 4%

" "All right; here goes, then," and soon Patty had the rest of the gaudy lithographs tacked into their designated places.

under Occurrences 3%

The vessels themselves were working up to windward, to keep as near to the boats as possible, making short tacks under reduced canvass; a shipkeeper, the cook, steward, and one or two other hands, being all who were left on board them.

against Occurrences 3%

"Long as I have followed the sea, have I never before seen a vessel tack against such a head-beating sea.

toward Occurrences 3%

And as it seemed to them that now they could double the land, they again tacked toward the coast, also on the bowline, against the wind, until they again saw the coast, much farther on than where the caravels had reached, which the masters knew from the soundings which they got written down from the voyage of Janinfante, and the days which they found to have less sun by the clocks.

before Occurrences 3%

but that this girl, who pretends to pay no attention to us, might be aaone of those clever, professional mesmerists who force you to follow 'em, and get you into their power, and exhibit you, and make you eat raw potatoes and tallow candles and tacks before an audience.

out Occurrences 2%

She had used it the day before to lift tacks out of a carpet.

above Occurrences 2%

A stock-list was always tacked above his secretary, and another constantly in his pocket.

from Occurrences 2%

"Who said you might drive tacks all over these new walls, and where did you get all those pictures of yourself?" "They does favour me, don't they, missy?" exclaimed Mancy, beaming with delight, as she took another tack from her mouth, and pounded it into place.

over Occurrences 1%

I suppose, as the possessor of all this, I ought to be supremely happyonly I wish that canvas conservatory door hadn't been tacked over my reference-books.

across Occurrences 1%

Seeing a sentry-box outside a palatial edifice on the right, I tacked across the road and looked for the sentry.

around Occurrences 1%

For twenty minutes Santos-Dumont maneuvered around the tower as a sailboat tacks around a buoy.

past Occurrences 1%

The crates and barrels were loaded on lighters and floated out to little sailing boats that went tacking past our bows on their way to Norfolk.

round Occurrences 1%

A piece of white dimity had been tacked round the packing-case.

than Occurrences 1%

This he was enabled to do quite easily, since fore-and-aft vessels make much quicker tacks than those that are square-rigged.

through Occurrences 1%

The yacht was trying to beat to the northward by making short tacks through the ice-floes, but, as Bob could see, she made but little way.

towards Occurrences 1%

During the night the gale blew strong from the southward with a high topping sea from the South-West; and being occupied in shifting the main topsail which had split during the night, we stood off until three o'clock before we tacked towards the shore.

until Occurrences 1%

He made short tacks until daylight, when the huge mass hove up out of the departing darkness, within a mile of the boat.

Which preposition to use with  tack