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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:
- move on
- pig out
- put back
- run on
- run over
- space out
- spread out
- steer clear
- belly up
- all fired up
- big cheese
- brass ring
- brown thumb
- by heart
- chew the fat
- cloud nine
- cut and dried
- dog and pony show
- early bath
- follow through
- full speed ahead
- get off
- give somebody an earful
- go blue
- green light
- hang out one's shingle
- home stretch
- hot potato
- hustle and bustle
- in detail
- in order
- keep a close watch on
- keep one on one's toes
- keep quiet
- lie through one's teeth
- lion
- lion's share
- make a decision
- no frills
- no joy
- nugget of truth
- off the bat
- on top of the world
- one-off
- out of order
- out of proportion
- pay for it
- play the race card
- pound the pavement
- put down roots
- put the clock back
- rough trot
- sack out
- same old story
- see the light
- set one's cap at
- smack of
- soft sawder
- spin one's wheels
- take a gander
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