tap out
Upper Intermediate (B2) informal
To tap the floor/mat to give up in a fight, or to say you're too tired or have run out of something.
"The wrestler was caught in an armlock and had no choice but to tap out."
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Jay Shetty Podcast · 154:29
tap out because
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it's tap out.
John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets | Lex Fridman Podcast #309
Lex Fridman · 150:12
about how Wolfenstein clearly did tap out
I cut my training by 70% (and got better results)
Matt D'Avella · 31:43
like lower mortality risk, they tap out
London: Yesterday and Today
Rick Steves' Europe · 15:53
You just tap in and tap out with your credit