tucker out
tucker out
1. To become sleepy or fatigued, especially after long, continuous physical activity. Hopefully the kids will tucker out if we let them run around outside for long enough. I started tuckering out only halfway through the hike.
2. To cause someone or an animal to become sleepy or fatigued, especially after long or continuous physical activity. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "tucker" and "out." I thought swimming at the beach all day would have tuckered him out, but he still seems to have loads of energy. Climbing up all those steps really tuckered out my poor old dog.
See also: out, tucker
tuckered out
Fatigued or sleepy, especially after long or continuous physical activity. I thought the kids would have been tuckered out after spending all day at the pool, but they're still full of energy. I'm pretty tuckered out after that hike, to be honest.
See also: out, tucker
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
tucker someone out
to tire someone out. All this work has tuckered me out. The heavy work tuckered the staff out early in the day.
See also: out, tucker
*(all) tuckered out
Rur. tired out; worn out. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) Poor John worked so hard that he's all tuckered out. Look at that little baby sleeping. She's really tuckered out.
See also: out, tucker
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
tuckered out
Exhausted, very tired, as in I was all tuckered out after that game. The precise origin of this usage is not known. [Colloquial; 1820s]
See also: out, tucker
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
tucker out
v.
To make someone weary; exhaust someone: Hiking all day tuckered me out. The long bus ride tuckered out the travelers.
See also: out, tucker
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- tuckered out
- all tuckered out
- pooped
- shagged out
- shagged
- hit the wall
- sleepy head
- fagged out