tag up

verb

tagged up; tagging up; tags up

intransitive verb

: to touch a base before running in baseball after a fly ball is caught

Examples of tag up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In Arkansas, hunters can tag up to two bobcats per day during a season that runs from September 1 to February 29. Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 28 Dec. 2023 Refsnyder tagged up and scored, putting the Red Sox ahead 3-1, despite a perfect throw from Carpenter. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2023 So everybody after that movie was going into the store and robbing and tagging up the staircases, and the character in that movie that definitely stood out was the New York City subways. Matt Thompson, Spin, 26 Sep. 2023 When Brooks Robinson hits a short fly to center field, Frank Robinson tags up after the catch and sprints home, just under the tag of the Pirates’ catcher. Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023 But his audacious plan to tag up an entire 10-car subway train — widely acknowledged as one of the first to ever try it — would make his career as a hip-hop folk hero. August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023 Bichette was 30 feet down the line and couldn’t get back in time to tag up. Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023 Harris immediately threw to first base to double off Duvall, who was nearly to second base before turning back to tag up, for the second out of the inning. Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023 What Brennan didn’t expect was for De La Cruz to tag up at first and try to advance to second after Brennan caught Steer’s fly ball. Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 16 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tag up was in 1942

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“Tag up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tag%20up. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

tag up

verb
: to touch a base before running in baseball after a fly ball is caught
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