tag up
verb
tagged up; tagging up; tags up
: to touch a base before running in baseball after a fly ball is caught
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By May 2011, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game had taken over management of wolves in Idaho, and put wolf hunting tags up for sale.
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Clark Corbin, Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2025
Yastrzemski made the catch and fired home; Olson tagged up and burst for the plate.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
But Betts tagged up on Smith’s fly ball to center field and was thrown out at the plate by Mets center fielder Tyrone Taylor.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 25 May 2025
Marcelo Mayer’s fifth inning liner didn’t bear fruit after the rookie was subsequently thrown out trying to tag up and advance to third on a shallow fly ball to the Gold Glove right fielder Frelick, but Rafaela did ultimately come around thanks to a bit of good fortune.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 28 May 2025
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Clark Corbin, Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2025
Yastrzemski made the catch and fired home; Olson tagged up and burst for the plate.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
But Betts tagged up on Smith’s fly ball to center field and was thrown out at the plate by Mets center fielder Tyrone Taylor.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 25 May 2025
Marcelo Mayer’s fifth inning liner didn’t bear fruit after the rookie was subsequently thrown out trying to tag up and advance to third on a shallow fly ball to the Gold Glove right fielder Frelick, but Rafaela did ultimately come around thanks to a bit of good fortune.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 28 May 2025
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“Tag up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tag%20up. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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