to tire out
10
2.1
- phrasal verb
- /taɪər aʊt/
:
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- After a long day of hiking, I was completely tired out and ready to sleep.
- tire the kids out
- want to tire you out
- tired out from walking
You'll you'll get greater insight into how you feel when you drink a tea and and also how many stee's can you do before it tires out.
- You'll you'll get greater insight into how you feel when you drink a tea and and also how many stee's can you do before it tires out.
Examples
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Sundays always tire me out.
Fiction book (2002) -
Doug was a good worker, but he worried about his job, and it tired him out.
Fiction book (1994) -
You come home tired out from it all.
Fiction book (1990) -
So they tire him out and that makes him less able to fight them off when they finally attack him.
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I shall tire you out in no time.
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Eventually, the other team tires out from playing extended defense, and you get to run your sets.
Blog text (9) -
My impression is that the people have been tired out and are sick of all politics, including Christian politics.
Blog text (7) -
Relentless marching quickly began to tire out men and horses.
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"If you guys tire her out," Amos said, "I'll make you dig the moat."
Fiction book (2002) -
The walk not only establishes the pack leader's authority, but it also tires out the dog, leaving the animal more likely to adopt a calm-submissive state.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
194
3.2
To make someone very tired
189
3.4
To slowly use up energy, money, or other resources
84
4.6
Make someone tired over time because of stress or effort
27
4.1
Slowly make a person or thing weaker by repeated pressure
23
1.0
To become very tired or make someone very tired
19
2.7
To make a person very tired or a thing stop working by using it too much
11
4.6
To make someone very tired by hard work or long effort
8
9.4
To make someone very tired
7
7.7
To make someone very tired
4
4.4
To make someone or yourself very tired after long effort
3
6.8
To make someone very tired by doing too much
1
8.1
To make someone tired or bored by doing something too often
1
6.7
To make someone very tired or stressed
1
4.8
Make someone feel very weak and tired
To make someone very tired by long, hard effort
Make someone tired over time from too much work or stress
To push yourself or something too hard so it breaks and you become very tired
To make someone very tired so they cannot work or think well
To make someone very tired by doing too much without rest
To make someone very sleepy from too much activity
To work very hard until you feel tired
To make someone very busy and tired with too much work
Antonyms
How Tired
Surface Forms
Morphology
tire + out
The meaning 'to exhaust' is directly and predictably composed from 'tire' (to become exhausted) plus the particle 'out' signaling completion or full extent; even though 'out' lacked a dictionary entry here, its particle sense is common and transparent. This verb+particle composition is a standard, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Tire out comes from an old use of tire that meant 'to pull' or strain something. Imagine pulling a heavy load until your strength is gone — that picture shows why tire out means 'to make very tired'.