wear in

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wear in

verb wears in · wearing in · wore in · worn in

  1. ambitransitive To wear until becoming comfortable or fitting properly; to cause (something) to wear in this way (by using it). It took a few weeks for my new hiking boots to wear in. Then it took another 12 years for them to wear out.

    Similar: break in

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@misc{wear_in_2026,
  title = {wear in},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wear%20in},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}