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wear down in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
    "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
    tire  wear upon  tire out  wear  weary  jade  wear out  outwear  wear down  fag out  fag  fatigue 
  2. deteriorate through use or stress
    "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
    wear  wear off  wear out  wear down  wear thin 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


wear down in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) To cause (someone) physical or mental fatigue.
  2. (verb) To have one's long hair styled in a free, low-hanging, unencumbered style; i.e., not in an up-do or ponytail.
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