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I was exhausted after long-time play in a game, and felt my performance was unstable because of that. "I'm tired and getting in-and-out. Perhaps I'm better off having a rest," I told my teammates. Do my sentences convey what I mean to say?

Edited: I learned that in-and-out can mean inconsistent in performance. I don't know whether it's a proper adjective in the context above.
 
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    • " In-N-Out" is the name of a very popular hamburger chain in the U.S.
    My immediate thought was trying to figure out what hamburgers had to do with your performance.
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    This is one of the definitions of "in-and-out" in Oxford Dictionary. Sorry if I misunderstand it!
    inconsistent and unreliable.
    "this horse is a notoriously in-and-out performer"
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    I love In-N-Out, but my first thought that the performance must involve getting in and out of a car. ;)
     
    The closest I can think for this would be getting in and out of "the zone" (or "the groove": when you are in you are sharp and attentive, when you are not "in the zone" you miss things, are slow to respond etc. But I would not have understood the sentence as written.
     
    Don't use "in-and-out" here. As you can see, no one understood it. Maybe you are "losing steam" or "off your game." Various colloquial sayings can express this. I agree that knowing what game you mean might help.
     
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    It's not bluelotus's fault, but their post #4 was held back until a moderator could approve it, so it was not visible until now. Thus the posters of the responses 5, 6, and 7 had not seen it they posted.
     
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