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    TIRE OUT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stressplay

    Example:

    We wore ourselves out on this hike

    Synonyms:

    fag; fag out; fatigue; jade; outwear; tire; tire out; wear; wear down; wear out; wear upon; weary

    Classified under:

    Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

    indispose (cause to feel unwell)

    Cause:

    fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary (lose interest or become bored with something or somebody)

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

    beat; exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up (wear out completely)

    overfatigue; overtire; overweary (tire excessively)

    Sentence frames:

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

    Sentence example:

    Sam cannot tire out Sue

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