Definition of "used up"

used up

verb
1. simple past and past participle of use up
adjective
comparative more used up, superlative most used up
1. Worn out; depleted; exhausted; having nothing left; useless, due to the expenditure of all resources.
  Quotations
  1840, A chant opposing then-presidential candidate Martin Van Buren: "And with them we'll beat Van, Van, Van/Van is a used up man".
  2001, Ellen Koskoff, editor, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America, Garland Publishing, page 304