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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:
Familiarity information: TUCKER OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wear out completely
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
beat; exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up
Context example:
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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