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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
More phrases:
- live down
- measure up
- rub out
- run across
- run by
- sneak up on
- split up
- take on
- track down
- turn out
- zonk out
- a notch above
- all hell broke loose
- all walks of life
- answer on a postcard
- at once
- at peace
- beat around the bush
- birds and bees
- carry on
- dead duck
- dog and pony show
- easy does it
- face to face
- fresh start
- front runner
- get one's claws into
- get the ball rolling
- give a ring
- good job
- grace period
- grain of salt
- ham it up
- hand in hand
- have a flat
- have a heart
- horse's ass
- keep an eye peeled
- kick the bucket
- lion
- long row to hoe
- lower the boom
- middle of nowhere
- nail biter
- on the pill
- on the right track
- pachyderm
- put together
- raise the bar
- see red
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