tapping up

noun

informal.
(esp of a professional soccer club) the illicit practice of attempting to recruit a player while he is still bound by contract to another team

"I must look 'ee out a perfect one," said Mrs. Vercoe, tapping up one after another and rapping them with her knuckles.

But when my work was over, after "tapping up" a bit, I'd take my own "square missus" out—you bet we made a hit.

As the goat went tapping up the steps a stir within announced the dreaded demonstration.

But Mr. Cato was tapping up the dotted stairway with his bow.

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