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What does this idiom mean: "I'm popped"?



 
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What does this idiom mean: "I'm popped"? #1 (permalink) Mon Feb 02, 2004 18:42 pm   What does this idiom mean: "I'm popped"?
 

Hi everybody! I can't get it!!! I am beat I am bushed I am popped
mean the same?
Can you answer?
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Beat etc #2 (permalink) Mon Feb 02, 2004 19:27 pm   Beat etc
 

Hi Pupil,

These all have roughly the same meaning as slang words for 'exhausted' but the last one is written 'POOPED'.

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Beat etc #3 (permalink) Mon Feb 02, 2004 20:03 pm   Beat etc
 

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