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TIRE OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
Example:
We wore ourselves out on this hike
Synonyms:
fag; fag out; fatigue; jade; outwear; tire; tire out; wear; wear down; wear out; wear upon; weary
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "tire out" is one way to...):
indispose (cause to feel unwell)
Cause:
fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary (lose interest or become bored with something or somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tire out"):
beat; exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up (wear out completely)
overfatigue; overtire; overweary (tire excessively)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot tire out Sue
