dangle after

dangle after (third-person singular simple present dangles after, present participle dangling after, simple past and past participle dangled after)

1. (dated) To hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset.
   • 1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction:

     the presbyterians, and their clans of other fanaticks, or freethinkers and atheists that dangle after them, are as well inclined to pull down the present establishment of monarchy and religion