to write oneself out
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
To exhaust one's powers of literary production.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “to write oneself out” mean?
To exhaust one's powers of literary production.
Is “to write oneself out” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.