tag off
Touch your partner so they can start their turn while you rest
Meanings
(Sports) To touch a teammate to transfer the active role to them, as in a relay race or tag team wrestling
"She tagged off to her partner as soon as she touched the wall after the first length."
(Transit, British/Australian English) To end a journey by touching a travel card on a reader when leaving a bus or train
"Don't forget to tag off when you leave the bus or you'll be charged the maximum fare."
Used in relay swimming, wrestling tag matches, children's tag games, and figuratively in team work contexts. Also used in transit systems in some varieties of English to mean touching out with a travel card (variant of 'tap off').
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