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wear out

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To wear out is to use something until it is finished, or to exhaust a person. Wear out a pair of shoes, wear out the carpet, wear out the children.

The two senses are the same idea applied to a thing and to a body. Worn out, the participle, does most of the work in speech.

Definitions of wear out

  1. 1phrasewear outTo use something until it is finished — shoes or your energy.B2

    “A postman will wear out a pair of boots in a year.”

wear out is a phrase.

Also accepted in games: exhaust

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