be cooked
1. To be overheated or uncomfortably warm, as due to the sun. Even though I'd worn light clothing for my hike, the sun was beating down so hard that I was cooked after half an hour. It was chilly in the morning, so I wore a sweatshirt—and was cooked once it warmed up! Do you know how warm it is out? You'll be cooked in a heavy sweater like that!
2. To be in imminent or inescapable trouble, danger, or difficulty. I knew we'd be cooked if the police discovered the drugs in the trunk of my car. You dented Mom's new car? Oh man, you're cooked. What if we got caught cheating on the test? We'd be cooked!
3. To be thoroughly or soundly defeated. I knew we were cooked before the game even started, but we still played with everything we had. If we lost 10-1 today, yeah, I'd say we're cooked! If the candidate is that far behind in the votes already, he's cooked.
4. To be physically, mentally, or emotionally exhausted. After two hours in the gym and another hour swimming, I was cooked by the time I got home. I'm already pretty cooked from writing essays, and I still have another one to write for tomorrow. Rover's spent most of the day snoozing in his dog bed—guess he's still cooked from that hike I took him on yesterday!
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