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To hit sth lightly esp. with your fingers or foot in order to make a pattern of sounds 2. To write sth with a computer But I have also found that 'tap out' is a term used in combatives.
- To hit sth lightly esp.
- with your fingers or foot in order to make a pattern of sounds 2.
- To write sth with a computer But I have also found that 'tap out' is a term used in combatives.
- when your opponent has you in a chokehold and you are about to lose consciousness due to lack of oxygen, you tap the opponent with your hand twice, therefore losing the match.
- It could be used figuratively in other situations.
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In Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English it is said that:
tap sth out means:
1.To hit sth lightly esp. with your fingers or foot in order to make a pattern of sounds
2. To write sth with a computer
But I have also found that 'tap out' is a term used in combatives. when your opponent has you in a chokehold and you are about to lose consciousness due to lack of oxygen, you
tap sth out means:
1.To hit sth lightly esp. with your fingers or foot in order to make a pattern of sounds
2. To write sth with a computer
But I have also found that 'tap out' is a term used in combatives. when your opponent has you in a chokehold and you are about to lose consciousness due to lack of oxygen, you
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messier42 Does "tap out" mean " quit"?Please post the whole sentence.
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Tap out means to surrender or submit when referring to full contact mixed martial arts and wrestling matches and things of that nature. The combatant surrenders by tapping the mat or his/her opponents arm or leg when he can no long defend himself. This signals to the opponent and the referee to stop the match. It can also mean that you no longer have any amount of a certain something. If you were
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I was watching a tv program In which two people have to survie f in a jungle for 21days. Among them, a lady wanted to go back home. That time , she said " I'm going to tap out"
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