wear out

US /wer aʊt/
UK /wer aʊt/
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1.

to become unusable or ineffective due to long or heavy use

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My favorite pair of jeans finally wore out.
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The constant friction will wear out the machine parts.
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fraydeterioratedecaydisintegrateerode
2.

to make someone extremely tired

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The long journey really wore me out.
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The children's endless energy can wear out any parent.
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exhaustfatiguetire outdrainweary
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wearwear offready-to-wearwear downthe worse for wearwear the pantsout-and-out