tag teamnoun [ C ]
/ˈtæɡ ˌtiːm//ˈtæɡ ˌtiːm/two wrestlers (= people who fight each other and try to throw each other to the ground ) who fight as a team against other teams. Only one member of each team fights at a time, and the second member cannot start fighting until the first member has touched him or her:
The wrestler works well as a single as well as in a tag team.
tag-team wrestling/wrestlers
US two or more people who take turns to do something:
The couple are a conversational tag team, bouncing off each other naturally.
You can use tag-team parenting, with one parent spending time with the children while the other is doing something else.
tag teamverb [ I ]
also tag-team uk/ˈtæɡ ˌtiːm//ˈtæɡ ˌtiːm/USto take turns to do something with someone, or do something immediately after someone else:
Pilots tag team with each other at the controls.