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wear-out

Verbs

• (v) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
  • We wore ourselves out on this hike
  fag out, tire out, wear down, wear upon, weary, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, fag, wear,
• (v) go to pieces
  • The lawn mower finally broke
  • The gears wore out
  • The old chair finally fell apart completely
  fall apart, bust, wear, break,
• (v) deteriorate through use or stress
  • The constant friction wore out the cloth
  wear off, wear thin, wear down, wear,

Synonyms

fag out tire out wear down wear upon weary fatigue jade outwear tire fag wear fall apart bust break wear off wear thin

Antonyms

refreshen freshen refresh

See also

chip chip off break away break off come off break apart break up crash wear away wear off whittle away whittle down

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