Yeah, I would favor “tapping out” if it felt more neutral to me. ‘Tapping out’, ‘bowing out’, etc. sound a little resentful/aggressive to my ear, like you’re exiting an annoying scuffle that’s beneath your time. Even the combat-ish associations are a thing I’d prefer to avoid, if possible.
Yeah, I would favor “tapping out” if it felt more neutral to me. ‘Tapping out’, ‘bowing out’, etc. sound a little resentful/aggressive to my ear, like you’re exiting an annoying scuffle that’s beneath your time. Even the combat-ish associations are a thing I’d prefer to avoid, if possible.
“Sorry, gotta go now.”?
Or perhaps a phrase the Koreans say “I’ll leave first.”