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tag up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
tag up
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of a baserunner, when a fly ball is hit, to put one's foot on the base one is currently at until the ball is caught. When the ball is caught, the baserunner may attempt to advance to the next base, at the risk of being tagged out.

Inflected Forms

tags up (present, singular) tagging up (participle, present) tagged up (participle, past) tagged up (past)

Questions

What does tag up mean?
Of a baserunner, when a fly ball is hit, to put one's foot on the base one is currently at until the ball is caught. When the ball is caught, the baserunner may attempt to advance to the next base, at the risk of being tagged out.

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