told out, adj. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

told out adj.

[SE tell, to count, to enumerate; lit. counted out]

exhausted, run down, ‘finished’.

1824		Morn. Chron. (London) 21 Apr. 4/3: Poor Ned may be now said to be ‘told out’.
1832		Egan Bk of Sports 4: Harry Stevenson was ultimately ‘told out.’.
1859		Matsell Vocabulum 128: told out. Beaten; defeated.