To begin being trailed, as by a policeman; to begin to follow, as a prospective victim. "One of you guys must have picked up a tail when you was hitting the scatter (hangout). The bulls crashed the joint and gave everyone a stand-up (personal search)."

- american underworld dictionary - 1950
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