wear down
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wear down
verb wears down · wearing down · wore down · worn down
- To cause (someone) physical or mental fatigue. The eight hour shift in the mine began to wear Tim down after a few months.
- To eventually persuade or defeat (someone) through persistent effort. At first she refused to buy the kids sweets, but eventually they wore her down.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wear, down.
