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Wear Gradually Sb Hard Wore Meaning Make Lose

Word wear down
Meaning

Meaning: to gradually make someone lose their strength and vitality

Synonym: wear out

Example For example:

  • wear sb down The job was really hard and it wore me down so much that I had to quit.

  • wear down sb The champion boxer gradually wore down his opponent by hitting him with lots of hard punches to the body.

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