"tab out" meaning in English

See tab out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tabs out [present, singular, third-person], tabbing out [participle, present], tabbed out [participle, past], tabbed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tab<> out}} tab out (third-person singular simple present tabs out, present participle tabbing out, simple past and past participle tabbed out)
  1. (intransitive, dated, slang) To pay one's tab and leave a bar. Tags: dated, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-tab_out-en-verb-KhqaT2xM
  2. (computing, graphical user interface) To press the Tab key and a modifier key to move between tabs or windows. Categories (topical): Computing, Graphical user interface
    Sense id: en-tab_out-en-verb-Z9mZ92KD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 10 90 Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tab out meaning in English (2.1kB)

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