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tapping into

tapping into is the present participle and gerund 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 tapping into

What is tapping into the present participle and gerund of?
Tapping into is the present participle and gerund of tap into.

Words near tapping into in the dictionary

  1. tappigraphy
  2. Tappin
  3. tappin'
  4. tapping
  5. tapping in
  6. tapping into
  7. tapping off
  8. tapping on
  9. tapping one's toes
  10. tapping out
  11. tapping the admiral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tapping 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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