tired out

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1. Also, tired to death. Exhausted, as in She looked tired out after that trip, or He came home tired to death. The first term dates from the second half of the 1500s; the second, a hyperbole, was first recorded in 1740. Also see sick and tired; to death.

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tired out

A 6 July letter from high-ranking congressman Jamie Raskin was made public on Thursday, where the Maryland representative compared the president to a baseball pitcher whose arm has "tired out".

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024

All the debate appears to have tired out many editors—which is remarkable, given Wikipedians’ famous tendency to debate all topics endlessly.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2022

“I mean, I was a little oblivious to what was going on. I was dead tired out there, just grinding and trying to do my best to stop them,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2022

That protection improved over the course of the game, as USC tired out Notre Dame’s defensive front with tempo changes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2021

“That’s all to the good. It’ll blunt their claws and I should think they’ll be tired out before they’ve done. What do you make of it, Blackberry?”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams