get tuckered out

1. To become sleepy or fatigued, especially after long, continuous physical activity. Hopefully the kids will get tuckered out if we let them run around outside for long enough. I started getting tuckered out only halfway through the hike. A: "Is Caroline asleep? It's 7:00 PM." B: "Yeah, she got tuckered out babysitting her nieces today."

2. To cause someone or an animal to become sleepy or fatigued, especially after long or continuous physical activity. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "get" and "tuckered." I thought swimming at the beach all day would have gotten him tuckered out, but he still seems to have loads of energy. Climbing up all those steps really got my poor old dog tuckered out. A: "Is Caroline asleep? It's 7:00 PM." B: "Yeah, babysitting her nieces really got her tuckered out."