tap up

动词 v.

中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.

To make a specific approach to a person considered to be suitable for a professional position. UK,transitive

— In earlier years, the intelligence services would often recruit agents by tapping them up.
To make an approach to a player, under contract to another club, in order to attempt to negotiate a transfer. UK,transitive

taps up present,singular,third-person tapping up participle,present tapped up participle,past tapped up past