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Synonyms for wear out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : wair-out
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɛərˌaʊt



Définition of wear out

Origin :
  • "action of wearing" (clothes), mid-15c., from wear (v.). Meaning "what one wears" is 1570s. To be the worse for wear is attested from 1782; noun phrase wear and tear is first recorded 1660s, implying the sense "process of being degraded by use."
  • verb become worn
  • verb exhaust
Example sentences :
  • But twas right not to stay long enough to wear out your welcome.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • His oft quoted maxim was, "It is better to wear out than to rust out."
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • “It is better to wear out than rust out,” said Bishop Cumberland.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Their historians said that toil did not wear out his body or exhaust his energy.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • He got his abandoned gun and went hunting to wear out his wrath.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • Sutherland's style was that of a gentleman who must wear out his dress-coat.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • I was disposed to tantalize my pursuer, and wear out his men.
  • Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
  • They bear not the impress of the age in which they originate, and will not wear out with it.
  • Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 » by Various
  • Hunger and pain and toil were doing their best to wear out his strength.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Seems like we going to wear out all the horses before we gets to the place.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various

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