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off tap

off tap prepositional phrase: ostracized and made the target of revenge or punishment.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Australia, slang) Ostracized and made the target of revenge or punishment.
    • If your number comes up you are off tap and that is that. Dead as a bloody mackerel, no questions asked.2012, Mark Brandon Read, Chopper Unchopped
    • Patty said I was placed in isolation as some members of the aboriginal community had placed me in a category known back then as "OFF TAP" meaning I was to be hurt in some way, shape or form. This would later be retracted as Ray had done one of the most stupid things one could do as an aboriginal in...2013, Edgar William, Defined By What I Do or Who I Am, What Makes Me Me?

Questions about off tap

What does off tap mean?
Off tap means ostracized and made the target of revenge or punishment.
What part of speech is off tap?
Off tap is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off tap in the dictionary

  1. off stage
  2. off stone
  3. off stump
  4. off stumps
  5. off sync
  6. off tap
  7. off target
  8. off the air
  9. off the back
  10. off the back foot
  11. off the bat

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