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tire sb out

phrasal verb with tire
 
/taɪər/
 
US  /taɪr/ verb [I or T]

Definition

to make someone very tired: Let the kids run around in the garden and that'll soon tire them out.Tired and making tired
(Definition of tire sb out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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