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TUCKER OUT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does tucker out mean?

• TUCKER OUT (verb)
The verb TUCKER OUT has 1 sense:

1. wear out completely

Familiarity information: TUCKER OUT used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TUCKER OUT (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Wear out completely

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up; beat

Context examples:

This kind of work exhausts me / I'm beat / He was all washed up after the exam

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

fag; fag out; fatigue; jade; outwear; tire; tire out; wear; wear down; wear out; wear upon; weary (exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress)

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

frazzle (exhaust physically or emotionally)

play (exhaust by allowing to pull on the line)

kill (tire out completely)

Sentence frames:

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

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