- ˌwear sb ˈout
- phrasal verb
to make someone feel very tiredThose kids wore me out today.[/ex]
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ˌwear sb ˈout
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wear yourself out — ˌwear yourself/sb ˈout derived to make yourself/sb feel very tired • The kids have totally worn me out. • You ll wear yourself out if you carry on working so hard. Main entry: ↑wearderived … Useful english dictionary
wear somebody out — ˌwear yourself/sb ˈout derived to make yourself/sb feel very tired • The kids have totally worn me out. • You ll wear yourself out if you carry on working so hard. Main entry: ↑wearderived … Useful english dictionary
wear someone out — wear (someone) out to make someone very tired. Those kids wore their grandmother out. The journey wore him out, and he went straight to bed as soon as he got to the hotel … New idioms dictionary
wear something out — USE UP, consume, go through. → wear * * * wear something out (or wear out) 1) use or be used until no longer in good condition or working order wearing out the stair carpet | the type was used again and again until it wore out 2) wear… … Useful english dictionary
wear someone out — FATIGUE, tire out, weary, exhaust, drain, sap, overtax, enervate, debilitate, jade, prostrate; informal whack, poop, shatter, frazzle, do in; Brit. informal knacker. → wear … Useful english dictionary
wear someone out — Syn: tire out, fatigue, weary, exhaust, drain, sap, enervate; informal whack, poop, shatter, do in; Brit.; informal knacker … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
ˌwear (sth) ˈout — phrasal verb to become extremely thin or damaged because of being used a lot, or to make something do this … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Use It Up and Wear It Out — was a popular single by Odyssey.Written by Sandy Linzer and L Russel Brown and produced by Linzer it was the New York based disco groups sole UK #1 single, spending two weeks at the top in July 1980. The most successful of the acts six UK hit… … Wikipedia
wear out — {v.} 1a. To use or wear until useless. * /Bobby got a toy truck that would run on a battery, and he used it so much that he soon wore it out./ * /The stockings are so worn out that they can t be mended any more./ Compare: GIVE OUT(4), USE UP. 1b … Dictionary of American idioms
wear out — {v.} 1a. To use or wear until useless. * /Bobby got a toy truck that would run on a battery, and he used it so much that he soon wore it out./ * /The stockings are so worn out that they can t be mended any more./ Compare: GIVE OUT(4), USE UP. 1b … Dictionary of American idioms
