tire you out

tire you out
tire (you) out to feel that you do not have any energy.

Painting the living room in one day really tired Dad out.


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • tire somebody out — ˌtire sb/yourself ˈout derived to make sb/yourself feel very tired • That walk has tired me out. • Pace yourself or you ll tire yourself out in the first half of the race. see also ↑tired Main entry: ↑tire …   Useful english dictionary

  • tire yourself out — ˌtire sb/yourself ˈout derived to make sb/yourself feel very tired • That walk has tired me out. • Pace yourself or you ll tire yourself out in the first half of the race. see also ↑tired Main entry: ↑tire …   Useful english dictionary

  • tire out — tire (you) out to feel that you do not have any energy. Painting the living room in one day really tired Dad out …   New idioms dictionary

  • tire — [[t]ta͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] tires, tiring, tired 1) V ERG If something tires you or you tire, you feel that you have used a lot of energy and you want to rest or sleep. [V n] If driving tires you, take the train... He tired easily, though he was unable to …   English dictionary

  • out — 1 /aUt/ adverb, adjective (adv only after verb, adj not before noun) 1 NOT INSIDE STH from the inside of something: She opened the envelope and took the letter out. (+ of): The diary must have fallen out of her pocket. | Someone has torn the last …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • tire out — PHRASAL VERB If something tires you out, it makes you exhausted. [V n P] The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out... [V P n (not pron)] His objective was to tire out the climbers. Derived words: tired out …   English dictionary

  • tire — vb Tire, weary, fatigue, exhaust, jade, fag, tucker can all mean to make or in some cases to become disinclined or unable to continue because of loss of strength or endurance. Tire is the general and ordinary word and usually implies the draining …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Tire — This article is about tires used on road vehicles, including pneumatic tires and solid tires. For railroad tires, see railway tires. For other uses, see tire (disambiguation) or tyre.Tires, or tyres (in American and British English, respectively) …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • tire — tire1 [ taır ] noun count ** the rubber cover of a wheel, that is filled with air: a flat tire (=a tire without air in it): Oh no! Not another flat tire! tire tire 2 [ taır ] verb intransitive or transitive * to become tired, or to make someone… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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