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View definitions for wear out

wear out

verb as in become worn

verb as in exhaust

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"Just to wear out anyway. I love leopard print."

From BBC

Roads, schools and parks will wear out and need to be repaired, replaced or updated.

"But you see them wearing out and thinning in front of you - malnourished children. You see mothers who are trying to breastfeed, and there is nothing coming out of their breast," she said.

From BBC

On Sundays, the best thing to do is have an activity that both gives us something new and wears out the kids.

“It gets everywhere, wears out all sorts of mechanisms,” says Mr White.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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