cow v Phr cow out: to tire, exhaust physically.
   1924 ENGLAND 16 We'm ahl rate 'cept fer bein' a little cowed out. 1937 DEVINE 15 I'm cowed out. T 70/1-64 One feller caught a big salmon that day, and he lost him there in the harbour. His line busted. Ten pound he 'lowed he was. He'd cow him out after a spell, but he reeled too hard and [the salmon] busted clear. T 222-66 By the time you had that finished you would be all cowed out, and you'd need to keel out for a spell on the settle.

Go Back