tap and go

noun

A quick free kick taken by touching the ball with the boot and running forward.

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Meanings

nountap and go (plural tap and gos)

plural tap and gos

  1. ball gamesA quick free kick taken by touching the ball with the boot and running forward.

    They grabbed an unlikely lifeline when Ben Youngs took a quick tap and go to release Foden, who jinked and dummied his way over to make it 16-5 with 23 minutes left on the clock, Wilkinson popping over the conversion for 16-7.

    2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France
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APA

tap and go. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tap%20and%20go

MLA

“tap and go.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tap%20and%20go. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tap and go,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tap%20and%20go.

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