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Meanings of wear out in English

Portuguese
desgastar
Catalan
desgastar
Spanish
agotar

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

desgastar
Catalan
trencar-se

Go to pieces.

Related terms
trencar-se
Synonyms
Examples for "break"
Examples for "break"
1
Yes, that really was his only break in the case thus far.
The sculptor
2
Popular films did, however, break into the best picture race last year.
Reuters
3
Superb police work, chief: When you friend suggest you break the law.
The South African
4
NK: Today we have not heard any reports of diseases break out.
Radio NZ
5
Mr Bell said health interventions could break the addiction and crime cycle.
Radio NZ
1
In the early days of the financial crisis, ACA Capital went bust.
Reuters
2
But Polonsky soon went bust and ran afoul of the Russian state.
NY Magazine
3
The bust took place at the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
The South African
4
In short, a good portion of the local stockbroking firms are bust.
The Guardian
5
In July 2012, home prices were still falling from the housing bust.
The Guardian
1
You said Swayne began to fall apart a couple of years ago.
The bourne ultimatum
2
Food and water keep your body together so it doesn't fall apart.
Rock and Ice Magazine
3
There is no good reason why the United Kingdom should fall apart.
The Guardian
4
A deal has not yet been reached and could yet fall apart.
Reuters
5
Fiction: 'Things started to fall apart at home when my brother .
The Irish Times
Usage of wear out in English
1
And so you wear out your eyesight in the working of chairs.
Birds of Prey
2
The toil was fitted to wear out the strongest of his men.
The Personal Life of David Livingstone / Chiefly from his Unpubl...
3
Running less than an hour, the film doesn't wear out its welcome.
Reuters
4
Gee, but he does wear out the engines in his cars, Whitney.
Gold of the Gods
5
So ladies and gentlemen, we're going to wear out some shoe leather.
The bricklayer
6
By degrees the novelties of life wear out, and we become sober.
Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries / Inter...
7
Nevertheless, the romance of life did not wear out of his constitution.
Fort Desolation: Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land
8
Ned said, you see the old one did not wear out entirely.
Boy Scouts on Motorcycles; Or, With the Flying Squadron
9
Human individuals do wear out and have to be replaced by reproduction.
Taboo and Genetics / A Study of the Biological, Sociological and...
10
I stay at home so as not to wear out my clothes.
Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 4
11
Depends on how quickly they wear out and how roughly you play.
Wired
12
Hereafter they could count on him to wear out their old dresses.
Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 30, October 22, 1870
13
His wife had set scars on him that would never wear out.
Nightfall
14
Better wear out than rust out, and better break than wear out.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2
15
I presume this is an economy, as wooden shoes wear out stockings.
In the Heart of the Vosges and Other Sketches by a "Devious Trav...
16
You will never ever ever have a baseline that doesn't wear out.
Reuters
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