tap out

verb

tapped out; tapping out; taps out

intransitive verb

: to run out of money by betting

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Sass and new ghost Joan (Taylor Ortega), a 1940s screenwriter, tapped out the happy conclusion to that saga. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 May 2025 The length, which had previously seemed to tap out just below my collarbones, was reaching mid-boob territory. Kara McGrath, Allure, 5 May 2025 Supply chains already ‘tapped out’ say big food companies Anjali’s Cup is just one example of many companies both large and small facing the new trade war at an economic moment when the ability to take more price is getting harder. Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025 Consequently, up-and-coming locations that simmered with possibility two decades ago might very well be tapped out today (think Fort Lauderdale). Peter Lane Taylor, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 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 16 May. 2025.

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