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tapped into

tapped into is the simple past and past participle of tap into.

Meaning of tap into

Verb

tap into (third-person singular simple present taps into, present participle tapping into, simple past and past participle tapped into)

  1. To establish a connection with (something), especially in order to take advantage.
  2. To access (a resource or object).
    • When he ran out of money, he decided to tap into his trust fund.

Questions about tapped into

What is tapped into the simple past and past participle of?
Tapped into is the simple past and past participle of tap into.

Words near tapped into in the dictionary

  1. tappaul
  2. tappauls
  3. Tappe
  4. tapped
  5. tapped in
  6. tapped into
  7. tapped off
  8. tapped on
  9. tapped one's toes
  10. tapped out
  11. tapped the admiral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tapped into (page history and authors); tap into (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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