on tap

Idioms  

1. Available for immediate use, ready, as in We have two more trumpeters on tap for the parade. This metaphoric expression alludes to a beverage such as beer that is ready to be drawn from a cask. [Mid-1800s]

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on tap

Also on tap this week: a pair of labor-market updates, manufacturing and services PMI reports, and new-home sales numbers for June.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026

If a pub doesn't have beer on tap, they likely have it in a bottle or can and you could try pouring two into a pint glass.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

Iceland and New Jersey, with many more on tap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Few top-tier earnings were on tap this week, as well, and analysts are still pricing in roughly the same first and second quarter growth rates that they were at the end of last month.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

I stuck with that class for several more weeks, but the time we spent on ballet grew shorter as the time we spent on tap grew longer.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince