tire of sth/sb
— phrasal verb with tire uk/taɪər/us/taɪr/verb [ I or T ]
C2 to become bored with someone or something, or to stop enjoying an activity:
This is the kind of toy that kids will soon tire of.
He never tires of (= he enjoys) playing games on his computer.
More examples
- I'm really tired of fish.
- He's tired of saying the same old thing every day.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bore and bored
- (stuck) in a rut idiom
- ass
- banal
- be (stuck) in a groove idiom
- be watching the clock idiom
- bore the ass off sb idiom
- bored
- bored stiff idiom
- brain-dead
- clock
- get itchy feet idiom
- languid
- listless
- outgrow
- pall
- restless
- tire
- uninterested
- weary
- you should get out more idiom
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