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tuckered out
Idioms and Phrases
Exhausted, very tired, as in I was all tuckered out after that game . The precise origin of this usage is not known. [ Colloquial ; 1820s]Example Sentences
We were nearly tuckered out from the gala dinner with dancing to follow.
Other than everybody just getting tuckered out — perpetual conflict can be exhausting — the reality is that Sawant has always been more story than substance.
Recently, tuckered out by the demands of being a social-media influencer and hurt by not making headway on her second novel, she just wants a rest.
B. “I don’t know — I’m still tuckered out from certifying the presidential election.â€
At least these two weren’t too tuckered out to give Date Lab a go.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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