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wear out

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1. wear out sth • wear sth out • wear out if you wear out clothes, materials, equipment etc, or if they wear out, they gradually become weak or damaged by being used a lot until they cannot be used any longer:
▪ After only a month Terry had worn out the soles of his shoes.
▪ Do sit down and stop pacing around - you'll wear out the carpet.
▪ When the motor wears out, it is easy to replace.
worn-out adj worn-out things have been used so much that they have become weak or damaged and can no longer be used:
▪ the cost of replacing worn-out equipment
2. wear sb out • wear out sb usually passive to make someone feel extremely tired:
▪ Long hours of working in the hotel kitchen had worn her out.
wear yourself out
▪ You must take a break sometimes - you'll wear yourself out.
■ SIMILAR TO: exhaust, ↑tire out, ↑do in spoken
worn out adj not before noun extremely tired:
▪ Come in and sit down. You look absolutely worn out.
▪ Mick was worn out after a hard day at the office.

Wear Worn Worn Out Sth Equipment Weak Damaged Sit