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To exhaust a person or animal.
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Running errands all day really knocked him out.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
Modified by alison.hand on February 21, 2022
More phrases:
- look into
- plug away
- pour out
- put back
- run across
- run over
- speak out
- stand for
- stick out
- strike up
- swear by
- turn into
- above board
- at the ready
- at will
- catch a tan
- cut of one's jib
- don't get me started
- false step
- for goodness' sake
- fresh start
- from time to time
- full speed ahead
- get the ball rolling
- give somebody an earful
- go bananas
- go up in smoke
- go without saying
- good luck with that
- hand in hand
- have a look-see
- in layman's terms
- keep a close watch on
- lie through one's teeth
- lion's share
- long row to hoe
- much of a muchness
- nuts and bolts
- old stick
- on top of the world
- pachyderm
- piffy on a rock bun
- play the race card
- put down roots
- put the clock back
- ride roughshod over
- sit tight
- small fry
- soft sawder
- sure of oneself
- swing the lead
- be-all, end-all
- tickle pink
- turn up for the book
- under erasure
- under one's nose
- way out of a paper bag
- whoop it up
- year dot
- come on
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