wear out
verb
wore out; worn out; wearing out; wears out
2
: to make useless especially by long or hard usage
4
: to endure through : outlast
wear out a storm
5
: to consume (time) tediously
wear out idle days
: to become useless from long or excessive wear or use
Examples of wear out in a Sentence
keeping up with twin toddlers wears me out
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Claudia Fisher, Parents, 20 Mar. 2025
As a game wears on, Florida’s opponents are ultimately worn out.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
The same patches could be reused up to nine more times before the needles wore out and lost their shape.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025
Crichlow also said Tuesday that the MTA is still trying to locate a mysterious track defect that’s been wearing out the wheels on R160 train cars running on the E, F and R lines.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Wear out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wear%20out. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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