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tire out — verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress (Freq. 2) We wore ourselves out on this hike • Syn: ↑tire, ↑wear upon, ↑wear, ↑weary, ↑jade, ↑wear out, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
wear out — verb 1. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress (Freq. 2) We wore ourselves out on this hike • Syn: ↑tire, ↑wear upon, ↑tire out, ↑wear, ↑weary, ↑jade, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fag out — verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress We wore ourselves out on this hike • Syn: ↑tire, ↑wear upon, ↑tire out, ↑wear, ↑weary, ↑jade, ↑wear out, ↑out … Useful english dictionary
wipe out — verb 1. kill in large numbers (Freq. 1) the plague wiped out an entire population • Syn: ↑eliminate, ↑annihilate, ↑extinguish, ↑eradicate, ↑decimate, ↑carry off … Useful english dictionary
play out — verb 1. deplete exhaust one s savings We quickly played out our strength • Syn: ↑run down, ↑exhaust, ↑sap, ↑tire • Derivationally related forms: ↑sapper … Useful english dictionary
tucker out — verb wear out completely This kind of work exhausts me I m beat He was all washed up after the exam • Syn: ↑exhaust, ↑wash up, ↑beat, ↑tucker • Derivationally related fo … Useful english dictionary
run out — verb 1. become used up; be exhausted (Freq. 5) Our supplies finally ran out • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑stop, ↑finish, ↑terminate, ↑cease • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
peter out — verb 1. end weakly (Freq. 1) The music just petered out there was no proper ending • Syn: ↑taper off, ↑fizzle out, ↑fizzle • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue • … Useful english dictionary
poop out — verb use up all one s strength and energy and stop working At the end of the march, I pooped out • Syn: ↑peter out, ↑run down, ↑run out, ↑conk out • Hypernyms: ↑tire, ↑pall, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
conk out — verb 1. stop operating or functioning The engine finally went The car died on the road The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town The coffee maker broke The engine failed on the way to town her eyesight went after the accident • Sy … Useful english dictionary
