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deteriorate through use or stress
The constant friction wore out the cloth -
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
We wore ourselves out on this hike
How To Use wear down In A Sentence
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- Pipe smokers sometimes wear down the tips of their teeth where they grip their pipes.
- Pipe smokers sometimes wear down the tips of their teeth where they grip their pipes.
- Over a period of time this frustration can wear down the carers' understanding to the point where they seem to become unsympathetic. M.E. and You - a self-help plan
- The strategy was designed to wear down the enemy's resistance.
- As discs wear down, bone spurs and osteophytes form on the vertebrae in a condition similar to osteoarthritis.
- The side with the most men and the biggest guns will inevitably wear down its opponent.
- The side with the most men and the biggest guns will inevitably wear down its opponent.
- The bullpen was solid, but several starters began to wear down.
- They hoped the waiting and the uncertainty would wear down my resistance.
