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View synonyms for dead beat
dead beat
adjective
- informal.tired out; exhausted
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Marilyn Johnson explored the subculture of obituary scribes in her wonderful 2006 book, The Dead Beat.
From The Daily Beast
Naposki, a dead-beat dad who squandered his NFL salary long ago, was desperately looking for a big payday.
From The Daily Beast
The flock must have been dead beat, by the time they got here.
From Project Gutenberg
"You're nigh dead beat, both on you," he said, sympathetically.
From Project Gutenberg
No, I didn't notice it, but I was so dead beat that I simply flung myself down and slept like a log.
From Project Gutenberg
It would have been a dead beat across the sands to Cuxhaven, while it was a fair wind straight out to the Eider River.
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McKenna, dead-beat, gained the outlying logs and fell as he reached solid earth.
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