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Verb: wear down  wehr dawn
  1. Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
    - tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, fag out [Brit, informal], fag [informal], fatigue, knacker [Brit, informal]
     
  2. Deteriorate through use or stress
    - wear, wear off, wear out, wear thin

Derived forms: wore down, wearing down, worn down, wears down

Type of: deteriorate, indispose

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