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Wear down   /wɛr daʊn/   Listen
Wear down

verb
1.
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.  Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear out, wear upon, weary.
2.
Deteriorate through use or stress.  Synonyms: wear, wear off, wear out, wear thin.





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"Wear down" Quotes from Famous Books



... he urged his first demand, seeming as if he would wear down all opposition by persistence. I was quite firm; but the effect of all this argument was very wearisome, and I began to ...
— Fenton's Quest • M. E. Braddon
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... the stable can not wear down their hoofs, so that every four to six weeks they should be rasped down and the lower edge of the wall well rounded to prevent chipping. The soles and clefts of the frog should be picked out every few days and the entire hoof washed clean. Plenty of clean straw ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture
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... life and labors are held that, already, about 10,000 pounds have been subscribed towards this testimonial to his worth. The monument, doubtless, will be placed in the great Agricultural Hall, which he did so much to found. His name will wear down to coming generations the crystal roofage of that magnificent edifice as a ...
— A Walk from London to John O'Groat's • Elihu Burritt
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... Irregular Cavalry cultivate with such painful assiduity; he sits easily and gracefully, so easily that you might fancy a rough horse would set him bobbing and slipping like a cockney astride a donkey on the sands. But with all the ease and grace, there is strength there, such as would wear down the nastiest of bad brutes. The leg that looks so lightly and gracefully posed grips like steel, and the pressure increases relentlessly the more the horse quarrels with his rider. Many a time has Baden-Powell taken in hand young horses which have defied the efforts ...
— The Story of Baden-Powell - 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' • Harold Begbie
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Words linked to "Wear down" :   deteriorate, overtire, wash up, pall, overfatigue, indispose, tucker, tucker out, scuff, overweary, beat, ablate, exhaust, refresh


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