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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
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- sort out
- start up
- take off
- vote out
- all fired up
- apply oneself
- as far as one knows
- as if
- be my guest
- bend somebody's ear
- breath of fresh air
- cross someone's path
- cut and dried
- dyed-in-the-wool
- feather in one's cap
- field day
- first port of call
- for goodness' sake
- for the hell of it
- get it
- give a ring
- give somebody pause
- gloss over
- gold mine
- golden opportunity
- ham it up
- hand in hand
- have a green thumb
- in order
- in touch
- is the pope catholic
- keep an eye on
- keep an eye peeled
- keep one on one's toes
- keep somebody posted
- keep your hair on
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- long row to hoe
- lump in one's throat
- magic bullet
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- no joy
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