The coach made the team practice until he wore them out.
•If he wears out everybody on the team, nobody will be left to play in the game.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
wear someone out — wear (someone) out to make someone very tired. Those kids wore their grandmother out. The journey wore him out, and he went straight to bed as soon as he got to the hotel … New idioms dictionary
wear someone out — FATIGUE, tire out, weary, exhaust, drain, sap, overtax, enervate, debilitate, jade, prostrate; informal whack, poop, shatter, frazzle, do in; Brit. informal knacker. → wear … Useful english dictionary
wear someone out — Syn: tire out, fatigue, weary, exhaust, drain, sap, enervate; informal whack, poop, shatter, do in; Brit.; informal knacker … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
wear something out — USE UP, consume, go through. → wear * * * wear something out (or wear out) 1) use or be used until no longer in good condition or working order wearing out the stair carpet | the type was used again and again until it wore out 2) wear… … Useful english dictionary
ˌwear sb ˈout — phrasal verb to make someone feel very tired Those kids wore me out today.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
wear someone/thing out — exhaust someone or something. → wear … English new terms dictionary
wear out — wear (someone) out to make someone very tired. Those kids wore their grandmother out. The journey wore him out, and he went straight to bed as soon as he got to the hotel … New idioms dictionary
knock someone out — 1 I hit him and knocked him out: KNOCK UNCONSCIOUS, knock senseless; floor, prostrate; informal lay out, put out cold, KO, kayo. 2 England was knocked out: ELIMINATE, beat, defeat, vanquish, overwhelm … Useful english dictionary
knock someone out — 1) I hit him and knocked him out Syn: knock unconscious, knock senseless; floor, prostrate, put out cold, KO, kayo 2) in the second match, Canada was knocked out Syn: eliminate, beat, defeat, vanquish … Thesaurus of popular words
fag someone out — EXHAUST, tire (out), wear out, fatigue, overtire, weary; informal do in, wipe out, knock out, shatter; Brit. informal knacker; N. Amer … Useful english dictionary
wear out — verb 1. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress (Freq. 2) We wore ourselves out on this hike • Syn: ↑tire, ↑wear upon, ↑tire out, ↑wear, ↑weary, ↑jade, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
