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Значения термина wear down на английском

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

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    Использование термина wear down на английском
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    The scores helped wear down the challenge of the relegation-threatened home team.
    The Irish Times
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    Given enough time, my battle cruisers can probably wear down that battleship.
    Beyond The Frontier: Steadfast
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    After several minutes of kicking and scratching, she began to wear down.
    Taken by sin
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    They've adopted a guerrilla policy to try and wear down our fleet.
    The Neutronium Alchemist
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    But time and change soon wear down these first fancies of youth.
    Eleanor
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    Wafewa said the wily campaigner would try to wear down the young refugee.
    Radio NZ
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    A drip can wear down a stone if allowed to drip long enough.
    Ebony
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    That may be New Delhi's strategy - to wear down Kashmiris.
    Reuters
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    You still need to be strong and to wear down the other person.
    Wired
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    The hard life was beginning to wear down the dauntless spirit.
    Pathfinders of the West / Being the Thrilling Story of the Adven...
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    At the worst the uneducated only wear down old things by sheer walking.
    Tremendous Trifles
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    This contains some crappy plastic gears which will doubtless wear down soon enough.
    Wired
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    He made it past the city and began to wear down.
    O+F
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    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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