all tuckered out

(all) tuckered out

Very sleepy or fatigued, especially after long or continuous physical activity. I thought the kids would have been all tuckered out after spending all day at the pool, but they're still full of energy. I'm pretty tuckered out after that hike, to be honest. Climbing up those steps really got my poor old dog all tuckered out.

See also: out, tucker

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all tuckered out

Exhausted. “Tucker” was a 19th-century New England word for “tire” or “used up.”

See also: all, out, tucker

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