Verb: wear down wehr dawn
- Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
"The long hike wore down even the fittest climbers";
- tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, fag out [Brit, informal], fag [informal], fatigue, knacker [Brit, informal]
- Deteriorate through use or stress
"The tire treads wore down after many miles";
- wear, wear out, wear thin
Derived forms: wears down, worn down, wearing down, wore down
Type of: deteriorate, indispose