tap for

tap (one) for (something)

1. To select someone for some particular opportunity, especially to take up a specific role, position, or purpose. Often used in passive constructions. The decorated general has been tapped by the president for the position of Secretary of State. I can't believe the boss tapped me for the big promotion!
2. To ask one for something, especially money. He tapped his parents for $50 to cover the cost of the ticket. Every week, Janet taps me for a couple dollars. It has really started adding up!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

tap for

v.
To select someone for something, such as an appointment to an office: The mayor tapped his top aide for the position of communications director.
See also: tap
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • tap
  • tap (one) for (something)
  • tap someone
  • tap someone for something
  • tapping
  • taps
  • starve (someone or something) of (something)
  • starve of
  • sandwich (someone or something) between (someone or something else)
  • sandwich between
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And they saw their livelihood rejected by a young crop of Black dancers who viewed as demeaning the Hollywood portrayal of hoofers as butlers and buffoons, says Suzzanne Douglas, the 31-year-old actress who learned to tap for the film.
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Meanwhile, minimize exposure by sticking to the "C" tap for drinking and cooking (let it run until it gets as cold as it's going to, which could take a few minutes if you haven't used any water or flushed a toilet for several hours).
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(212) 405-9000 Classes in Horton, Ballet, Dunham, Jazz Modern, Yoga, Body Conditioning, and Tap For info.
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Tap breakage can be caused by everything from improper selection of tap for material and threading application to a missing tap drill hole on multiple spindle applications on transfer lines.
Selecting the right tap for the material and application, cutting at the right speed, avoiding cold welding on the flanks, chip packing, and providing suitable coolant/lubrication for the material being tapped are typical.
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"It looks like a tap for gray iron with the exception that we do change relief, back taper, and hook angles to make the tap perform better."
Coated-cobalt taps run long and hot: cobalt too steels, subtle geometry changes, and coatings add up to a tap that is greater than the sum of its parts
Devika, another Indian contact from Rhoda Grauer of the Asia Society, organized gigs for me to tap for children, teenagers, students at the Indian Institute of Technology (their equivalent of M.I.T.) - even her brother's Rotary Club.
Carry your shoes: tap dancer-comedian Jane Goldberg recalls her personal passage to India