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tapped up

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

Meaning of tap up

Verb

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

  1. (UK, transitive) To make a specific approach to a person considered to be suitable for a professional position.
    • In earlier years, the intelligence services would often recruit agents by tapping them up.
  2. (UK, transitive) To make an approach to a player, under contract to another club, in order to attempt to negotiate a transfer.
    Synonyms:
    tamper

Questions about tapped up

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

Words near tapped up in the dictionary

  1. tapped off
  2. tapped on
  3. tapped one's toes
  4. tapped out
  5. tapped the admiral
  6. tapped up
  7. tappee
  8. tappees
  9. tappen
  10. Tappenden
  11. Tappendens

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