Word Study
wear thin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb wear thin has 1 sense
- wear thin(v = verb.change) wear, wear down, wear off, wear out - deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth" is one way to deteriorate
Sample sentences:
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THESAURUS
wear thin
bomb, break, cave in, collapse, come apart, come unstuck, conk out, crumble, decline, disintegrate, droop, drop, fade, fail, faint, fall flat, fizzle out, flag, give out, give way, go downhill, go soft, go to pieces, hit the skids, languish, peg out, peter out, pine, poop out, sink, weaken, wear away, wilt, yield
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