Synonyms for wear out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wair-out

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɛərˌaʊt

Définition of wear out

Origin : "action of wearing" (clothes), mid-15c., from wear (v.). Meaning "what one wears" is 1570s. To be the worse for wear is attested from 1782; noun phrase wear and tear is first recorded 1660s, implying the sense "process of being degraded by use."

verb become worn
verb exhaust

Example sentences :

But twas right not to stay long enough to wear out your welcome.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

His oft quoted maxim was, "It is better to wear out than to rust out."
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

“It is better to wear out than rust out,” said Bishop Cumberland.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

Their historians said that toil did not wear out his body or exhaust his energy.
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

He got his abandoned gun and went hunting to wear out his wrath.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

Sutherland's style was that of a gentleman who must wear out his dress-coat.
Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald

I was disposed to tantalize my pursuer, and wear out his men.
Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic

They bear not the impress of the age in which they originate, and will not wear out with it.
Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 » by Various

Hunger and pain and toil were doing their best to wear out his strength.
Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine

Seems like we going to wear out all the horses before we gets to the place.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various

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