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Meanings of wear down in English

Portuguese
desgastar
Catalan
desgastar
Spanish
agotar

Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.

    desgastar
    Usage of wear down in English
    1
    The scores helped wear down the challenge of the relegation-threatened home team.
    The Irish Times
    2
    Given enough time, my battle cruisers can probably wear down that battleship.
    Beyond The Frontier: Steadfast
    3
    After several minutes of kicking and scratching, she began to wear down.
    Taken by sin
    4
    They've adopted a guerrilla policy to try and wear down our fleet.
    The Neutronium Alchemist
    5
    But time and change soon wear down these first fancies of youth.
    Eleanor
    6
    Wafewa said the wily campaigner would try to wear down the young refugee.
    Radio NZ
    7
    A drip can wear down a stone if allowed to drip long enough.
    Ebony
    8
    That may be New Delhi's strategy - to wear down Kashmiris.
    Reuters
    9
    You still need to be strong and to wear down the other person.
    Wired
    10
    The hard life was beginning to wear down the dauntless spirit.
    Pathfinders of the West / Being the Thrilling Story of the Adven...
    11
    At the worst the uneducated only wear down old things by sheer walking.
    Tremendous Trifles
    12
    This contains some crappy plastic gears which will doubtless wear down soon enough.
    Wired
    13
    He made it past the city and began to wear down.
    O+F
    14
    It will take considerable time, and wear down a great number of soldiers.
    Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
    15
    Papa Musard in an hour could wear down even his patience.
    The Second Class Passenger: Fifteen Stories
    16
    Why, as the continents wear down, the oceans are filling up.
    A History of Science — Volume 3
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