TAG TEAM


Meaning of TAG TEAM in English

■ noun

1》 a pair of wrestlers who fight as a team, taking the ring alternately.

2》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. a pair of people working together.

Origin

from the fact that one wrestler cannot enter the ring until the other tags or touches hands with them on leaving.

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