tag out

verb

To affix a label to (potentially dangerous machinery) to indicate why it has been shut down. To avoid accidents, only the person who affixed the label is authorized to remove it and restart the machinery.

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Meanings

verbtag out (third-person singular simple present tags out, present participle tagging out, simple past and past participle tagged out)

present singular third person tags out · participle present tagging out · participle past tagged out · past tagged out

  1. transitiveTo affix a label to (potentially dangerous machinery) to indicate why it has been shut down. To avoid accidents, only the person who affixed the label is authorized to remove it and restart the machinery.
  2. transitivehobbiesTo touch a contestant or player in order to do something, such as to remove a runner from play in baseball or to replace a wrestler with a teammate in tag-team wrestling.
  3. To replace another person or take another person's place, such as in a shift change at a workplace.
  4. To be replaced by another person, such as in a shift change.
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APA

tag out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tag%20out

MLA

“tag out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tag%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tag out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tag%20out.

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