tapping out
Submitting in defeat
Tapping out is signaling surrender or exhaustion, originally from combat sports where a fighter taps the mat or opponent to concede defeat: He was caught in an armbar and had to tap out.
The phrase extends to any situation where someone reaches their limit and quits: I'm tapping out after this last round of drinks.
In poker, tapping out means losing all your chips.
- armbarElbow hyperextension hold
- submitPresent for consideration
- defeatVictory over another
- concedingAcknowledging another's claim
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
submission · armlock · rear naked choke · give up · fatigue · hold · depleted · pain · grappling · choke · MMA · yield · mixed martial arts · joint lock · quitting · exhaustion · knocking · beaten
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- Writing Activitiesjotting, scribbling, note-taking, typing, keying
- depletingusing up, depleting, exhausting, draining, consuming
- submissionsubmission hold, submitting, surrendering, capitulation, yielding
tapping outpersevering
Maintaining effort despite difficulty
hanging in there · pushing through · soldiering on · holding on · digging deep
tapping outjumping in
Entering abruptly or eagerly
diving in · doubling down · going all in · re-engaging · committing