tiring out

Draining all energy

Tiring out means exhausting completely—depleting someone's energy or patience until nothing remains.

You might tire out a hyperactive child with playground time, or an argument tires you out when it drags on too long: The long hike tired out everyone in the group.

Distinguished from simply tiring, which suggests fatigue without necessarily reaching the endpoint.

Related

worn to the bone · enervation · run ragged · hitting the wall · drag · decision fatigue · overexertion · brain fog · at wit's end · burnout · overworking · depletion · wearing down · last legs · lethargy · wilt · heavy · flagging

Opposites
energy depletion vs. energy restoration

tiring outenergizing

Imparting renewed vitality

revitalizing · refreshing · reinvigorating · rejuvenating · restoring

fatigue vs. stimulation

tiring outinvigorating

Imparting fresh energy

energizing · stimulating · enlivening · vitalizing · pepping up

Family

tire, tiring, tired, tiredly, tiredness, tiresome, tiresomely, tiresomeness, untiring

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G