tab out

verb

To pay one's tab and leave a bar.

“Let me tab out and check on that for you.”

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Meanings

verbtab out (third-person singular simple present tabs out, present participle tabbing out, simple past and past participle tabbed out)

present singular third person tabs out · participle present tabbing out · participle past tabbed out · past tabbed out

  1. datedintransitiveslangTo pay one's tab and leave a bar.
  2. computingTo press the Tab key and a modifier key to move between tabs or windows.

    Let me tab out and check on that for you.

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APA

tab out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tab%20out

MLA

“tab out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tab%20out. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tab out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tab%20out.

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