TUCKER OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Wear out completely

Example:

He was all washed up after the exam

Synonyms:

beat; exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "tucker out" is one way to...):

fag; fag out; fatigue; jade; outwear; tire; tire out; wear; wear down; wear out; wear upon; weary (exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tucker out"):

frazzle (exhaust physically or emotionally)

play (exhaust by allowing to pull on the line)

kill (tire out completely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody