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taps out
vb. (en-third-person singulartap out)
Usage examples of "taps out".
He thinks youll curtail your in-suite talk or destroy the bug/taps out of pique.
In a short stream of dits and dahs, the steamer broadcasts her location--and that of the milchcow, and in so doing taps out her own death warrant.
She taps out more snuff, noisily snorkles it, blows her nose into a monogrammed handkerchief, taps out more powder, snuffles, and so on.
The husband staring at the ceiling, taps out a rhythm on the table.
The Bruxo taps out a tiny measure of the fungus dust into a length of hollow cane, then puffs it up the nose of the recipient.