Question 1

What does "tag off" mean?

Accepted Answer

(Sports) To touch a teammate to transfer the active role to them, as in a relay race or tag team wrestling

Question 2

How do you use "tag off" in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

She tagged off to her partner as soon as she touched the wall after the first length.

Question 3

Is "tag off" formal or informal?

Accepted Answer

"tag off" is informal — used mainly in casual conversation. Used in relay swimming, wrestling tag matches, children's tag games, and figuratively in team work contexts. Also used in transit systems in some varieties of English to mean touching out with a travel card (variant of 'tap off').

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