Sentence examples for tap off from inspiring English sources

"tap off" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to stop or end something, often by lightly touching or hitting it. Here is an example: "After a long day of exploring the city, we decided to tap off our evening with a relaxing glass of wine at a local wine bar."

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I would not want to turn the tap off for those sorts of schools.

Instead tap off the built up dust so it falls to the floor (or paper on floor).

But instead of turning the tap off completely, many have streamlined to maintain their essential graduate intake.

"We can't revert to the fantasy that we can just turn the tap off," Professor Gordon said.

And then we "tap off" – that will be $3.38 thanks – and ascend from Wynyard up to George Street.

But someone had to turn his tap off: the interests of the innovator aren't perfectly aligned with the interests of the corporation.

"Now that the shareholders have turned that tap off, the company is turning to the Australian taxpayer to try to bail it out".

How can we build learning organizations in the public sector that can welcome risk, learn from failure, discover, explore, and understand when to turn the tap off?

"But if we don't do anything to turn the tap off, we'll run out of resource.

"At some point we are going to have to turn the tap off, unless we try something else".

Be sure to swirl the brush into the product and tap off any excess.

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