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wear out

 
Verb wear out has 3 senses
  1. tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue - exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
    --1 is one way to indispose
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot wear out Sue
  2. break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart - go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
    --2 is one way to decay, crumble, delapidate
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  3. wear, wear off, wear out, wear thin - deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
    --3 is one way to deteriorate
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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