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Phrase(s): washed out
Inf. exhausted; tired. • I feel too washed out to go to work today. • Poor Ted really looks washed out.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Faded in color; also, lacking animation. For example, This carpet is all washed out from the sun, or He looks all washed out. [Late 1700s; early 1800s] Also see WASH OUT, def. 3.
American Heritage Idioms