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tire out definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant: freshen, refresh, refreshen]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something tires you out, it makes you exhausted. The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out... His objective was to tire out the climbers. = wear out PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron) • tired out He was obviously tired out. ADJ