wag

Throughout our chat outside the gate, Doug sits at Lily's feet, wagging his tail, apparently happy to be getting so much attention.

Her shadow interacts with the physical world, too, making wind chimes whistle with a wag of her fingers — a deliciously spooky detail the movie doesn’t make enough hay out of.

In this and in other areas questions arise about whether the "OBR tail wags the policy dog" - i.e. is this really the way long-term policy should be formed?

If you'll recall it was the cause celebre of the 2021 Virginia governor's race which had all the DC tongues wagging about the resurgence of the right-wing culture war.

Yeah, but people write music sometimes to have the jets — it’s the tail wagging the dog.