poop out

1. Quit, decide not to participate, especially at the last minute. For example, We had about twenty signed up for the seminar, but then half of them pooped out . [ Slang ; late 1800s]

2. Tire out, exhaust, as in I ran about ten miles, but then I was too pooped out to go on .

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