fagged

verb

Definition of faggednext
past tense of fag
1
as in labored
to devote serious and sustained effort the road crew fagged mightily to move the boulder out of the way

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2
as in exhausted
to use up all the physical energy of the long hike up the mountain had fagged us out

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  1. exhausted
  2. struggled
  3. worked
Verb
  • In that way, McDonald’s became a kind of scapegoat for people who were exhausted of stretching their budgets to afford food and suspecting (not without reason) that corporate greed was at least partly to blame.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Because the Syrian army is exhausted and no longer has the courage to fight alone.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of exhausted
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  • Based in London early in his career, Galliano struggled throughout the Eighties and early Nineties, with a succession of backers.
    Miles Socha, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
  • However, many organizations have struggled to manage the volume of projects, overwhelming their capacity.
    Barry Cousins, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of struggled
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  • According to public records, Mangione spent time at Stanford University in 2019 and once worked for the Santa Monica company TrueCar, a digital marketplace for automobiles.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Becca Stanek has worked as an editor and writer in the personal finance space since 2017.
    Becca Stanek, theweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of worked
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