увязался

started following, tagged along after

ʊ vʲ ɪ z a ɫ s ⁽ʲ ⁾ ə → увязаться

у away or off; often marks a completed action + вяз become entangled or involved + а form verbs meaning “perform an action” + л Masculine past tense + ся Reflexive marker

verb · singular masculine, past tense Rare #52,378

started following, tagged along after Often suggests that the person or animal followed someone persistently or unwantedly.

RU: За мной увязался незнакомый пёс.

EN: A strange dog started following me.

Похоже, он за мной увязался.

It looks like he started following me.

— Ходячий замок (2004)

За нами увязался какой-то пёс.

Some dog followed us.

Че он увязался за нами?

Why is he tagging along with us?

— Замри-умри-воскресни! (1990)

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связался s vʲ ɪ z a ɫ s ⁽ʲ ⁾ ə