wear down
US /wɛr daʊn/
・UK /wɛə daun/
A2
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo erode or diminish something gradually through constant use or exposure.
The constant dripping of water will eventually wear down the stone.
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo gradually weaken or exhaust someone, either physically or emotionally.
His constant complaining began to wear me down.
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Evolution Can't Explain Your Grandma
- It could be that ovulation stops because our biological systems just have a tendency to wear down with age, just like how we don't die when our hair turns gray or our skin gets wrinkly.
It could be that ovulation stops because our biological systems just have a tendency to wear down with age, just like how we don't die when our hair turns gray or our skin gets wrinkly.
- just have a tendency to wear down with age, just like how
just have a tendency to wear down with age, just like how
Why Car Ownership Is Getting So Expensive | CNBC Marathon
- Maintenance usually involves checking, replacing, replenishing something expected to wear down or deplete over time.
Maintenance usually involves checking, replacing, replenishing something expected to wear down or deplete over time.
- Maintenance usually involves checking, replacing, or replenishing something expected to wear down or deplete over time: your tires, wiper blades, oil, transmission fluid.
Maintenance usually involves checking, replacing, or replenishing something expected to wear down or deplete over time: your tires, wiper blades, oil, transmission fluid.
Gumball | Nicole's Run In With The Parents
- It's called the 1860s But not if you're shopping for a good deal What's he doing sniffing out a bargain your mom's family always had this super ability to save money I mean she had a bowl haircut until she was six, but her parents didn't want to wear down a good bowl So technically she had a doing a handstand in a pothole haircut I'll 13 Good beef this can can be opened by women of reasonable intelligence with limited male supervision Well, they're from the 60s, but look only 20 cents for the whole palette I guess times were easier then if you're a man and not a minority and more comfortable with the constant threat of nuclear annihilation How things have changed, huh?
It's called the 1860s But not if you're shopping for a good deal What's he doing sniffing out a bargain your mom's family always had this super ability to save money I mean she had a bowl haircut until she was six, but her parents didn't want to wear down a good bowl So technically she had a doing a handstand in a pothole haircut I'll 13 Good beef this can can be opened by women of reasonable intelligence with limited male supervision Well, they're from the 60s, but look only 20 cents for the whole palette I guess times were easier then if you're a man and not a minority and more comfortable with the constant threat of nuclear annihilation How things have changed, huh?
- but her parents didn't want to wear down a good bowl, so technically she had a "doing a handstand in a pothole" haircut.
but her parents didn't want to wear down a good bowl, so technically she had a "doing a handstand in a pothole" haircut.
Do We Get MEANER With Age? 😡 What Aging Really Does to Your Brain.
- That can wear down anyone's patience with time.
That can wear down anyone's patience with time.
- Then there are the physical changes like sore joints, hearing loss or plain that can wear down anyone's patience with time.
Then there are the physical changes like sore joints, hearing loss or plain that can wear down anyone's patience with time.
Martin Luther King Jr I've Been to the Mountaintop
- But ultimately, people want some suits and dresses and shoes to wear down here.
But ultimately, people want some suits and dresses and shoes to wear down here.
- ultimately people want some suits and dresses and shoes to wear down here.
ultimately people want some suits and dresses and shoes to wear down here.
The Civil War, Part I: Crash Course US History #20
- And the idea was that this war of attrition would eventually wear down Northern resolve,
And the idea was that this war of attrition would eventually wear down Northern resolve,
- First, the North had such superiority in its resources that it would take a long time to wear down.
First, the North had such superiority in its resources that it would take a long time to wear down.
Four years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine | BBC News
- Well, I guess from a perspective as being an outsider coming to this, it's just completely breathtaking to realize the way in which Russian soldiers are being treated by their commanders, the way in which they're being treated like meat, that the total lack of value of human life, that what's so obviously important for commanders is that they achieve the aims that they've been set - and this goes all the way to the top, this goes all the way to Putin - that they must simply advance, that that is all that matters, that men are just thrown forwards on a daily basis relentlessly trying to wear down the Ukrainian opponent.
Well, I guess from a perspective as being an outsider coming to this, it's just completely breathtaking to realize the way in which Russian soldiers are being treated by their commanders, the way in which they're being treated like meat, that the total lack of value of human life, that what's so obviously important for commanders is that they achieve the aims that they've been set - and this goes all the way to the top, this goes all the way to Putin - that they must simply advance, that that is all that matters, that men are just thrown forwards on a daily basis relentlessly trying to wear down the Ukrainian opponent.
- And this goes all the way to the top, this goes all the way to Putin, that they must simply advance, that that is all that matters, that men are just thrown forwards on a daily basis, relentlessly trying to wear down the Ukrainian opponent.
And this goes all the way to the top, this goes all the way to Putin, that they must simply advance, that that is all that matters, that men are just thrown forwards on a daily basis, relentlessly trying to wear down the Ukrainian opponent.
Vinyl records have a pressing problem — toxic chemicals and a high carbon footprint
- With any of those kind of LPs, the more you play it, the more you're going to wear down the grooves.
With any of those kind of LPs, the more you play it, the more you're going to wear down the grooves.
- With any of those kind of LPs, the more you play it, the more you're going to wear down the grooves.
With any of those kind of LPs, the more you play it, the more you're going to wear down the grooves.
The Web's Most Searched Questions, Answered!
- And on top of that, grass contains a lot of silica, which is abrasive and would wear down the protective enamel on your teeth.
And on top of that, grass contains a lot of silica, which is abrasive and would wear down the protective enamel on your teeth.
- And on top of that, grass contains a lot of silica, which is abrasive and would wear down the protective enamel on your teeth.
And on top of that, grass contains a lot of silica, which is abrasive and would wear down the protective enamel on your teeth.
Iran has ‘many cards yet to play’ in war with U.S., Israel predicts Middle East expert
- Number two, the Russians get to watch us wear down our military forces and spend munitions and missile interceptors in the Middle east, which means we can't be selling and supporting others in other theaters.
Number two, the Russians get to watch us wear down our military forces and spend munitions and missile interceptors in the Middle east, which means we can't be selling and supporting others in other theaters.
- Number two, the Russians get to watch us wear down our military forces and spend munitions and missile interceptors in the Middle East, which means we can't be selling and supporting others in other theaters.
Number two, the Russians get to watch us wear down our military forces and spend munitions and missile interceptors in the Middle East, which means we can't be selling and supporting others in other theaters.