used up
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[edit]Verb
[edit]- simple past and past participle of use up
Adjective
[edit]used up (comparative more used up, superlative most used up)
- Worn out; depleted; exhausted; having nothing left; useless, due to the expenditure of all resources.
- Synonyms: expended, spent; see also Thesaurus:depleted
- That used up old man is no good in a fight.
- 2001, Ellen Koskoff, editor, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America, Garland Publishing, page 304:
- 1840, A chant opposing then-presidential candidate Martin Van Buren: "And with them we'll beat Van, Van, Van/Van is a used up man".