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Clapped Out
Clapped Out
Clapped Out : Phrases
Meaning:
Someone who is exhausted.
Example:Origin:
When pursued by hounds or other adversaries, hares will stop from time to time to catch their breath. They routinely sit up on their haunches and look around; their respiratory movements are so strong that their chests heave in and out and their front legs move in time with the breathing. To the observer they appear to be clapping and, in the world of hare hunting, this is exactly what it's called.