worn down

  • 21down at heel — 1》 (of a shoe) having a worn heel. 2》 shabby or impoverished. → down …

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  • 22run down — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, ausgespielt, battered, beat up, beaten up, belittle, blow, break down, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, broken down, burn out, burned out, cachectic, calm, calm down, cease, collapse, collide,… …

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  • 23wear down — [wear off] or[wear away] {v.} 1. To remove or disappear little by little through use, time, or the action of weather. * /Time and weather have worn off the name on the gravestone./ * /The eraser has worn off my pencil./ * /The grass has worn away …

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  • 24wear down — [wear off] or[wear away] {v.} 1. To remove or disappear little by little through use, time, or the action of weather. * /Time and weather have worn off the name on the gravestone./ * /The eraser has worn off my pencil./ * /The grass has worn away …

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  • 25wear down — phrasal verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms wear down : present tense I/you/we/they wear down he/she/it wears down present participle wearing down past tense wore down past participle worn down 1) to make someone gradually lose their… …

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  • 26wear down — verb 1. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress (Freq. 1) We wore ourselves out on this hike • Syn: ↑tire, ↑wear upon, ↑tire out, ↑wear, ↑weary, ↑jade, ↑ …

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  • 27well-worn — Synonyms and related words: automatic, back number, banal, bare, beaten, bewhiskered, bromidic, common, commonplace, constant, corny, cut and dried, deep worn, dog eared, fade, familiar, frequent, fusty, habitual, hackney, hackneyed, moth eaten,… …

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  • 28wear down — 1) make something become less useful or smaller or weaker by wearing or aging Little by little the water wore down the rocks at the edge of the river. 2) exhaust or tire someone out He was worn down after the meeting that took seven hours …

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  • 29ˌwear sth ˈdown — phrasal verb to make something gradually disappear or become thinner by using or rubbing it The old stone steps had been worn down by years of use.[/ex] …

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  • 30ground down — exhausted or worn down …

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