HyperDic: wear_thin

English > 1 sense of the expression wear thin:
VERBchangewear thin, wear, wear off, wear out, wear downdeteriorate through use or stress
English > wear thin: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaningdeteriorate through use or stress.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonymswear, wear off, wear out, wear down
Narrowerablatewear away through erosion or vaporization
scuffGet or become scuffed
BroaderdeteriorateBecome worse or disintegrate
Spanishdesgastarse
Catalandesgastar-se, desgastar

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