tap out

verb

tapped out; tapping out; taps out

intransitive verb

: to run out of money by betting

Examples of tap out in a Sentence

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Despite Cena locking in the STF on Dom and the champ tapping out, no ref was in the ring to call it. Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025 Ukraine’s winter storages will be tapped out before the end of cold weather. Suriya Jayanti, Time, 10 Nov. 2025 The judges — who are joined this week by two-time Mirrorball Champion Cheryl Burke — will tap out couples from the marathon one by one. Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025 Hold your canister or the opened up vacuum over the trash and tap out the contents. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tap out

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tap out was in 1939

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“Tap out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tap%20out. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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