worse for wear
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worse for wear
adjective worst for wear
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In poor physical condition due to long or heavy use.
However, before Zoe could open the first cage, Burt’s van, looking decidedly the worse for wear, came thundering into the warehouse, smashing the huge metal sliding door into the air as it did so
Similar: broken-down, worn-out, deteriorated, clapped out, damaged, defective, dilapidated, effete, faulty, munted, outworn, passé
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Drunk.
Similar: worse for liquor, Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye, bedrunken, befuddled, beliquored, besotted
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adj in poor physical condition due to long or heavy use
| Português | acabado, com mau aspecto, em mau estado |
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| Русский | потрёпанный potrjópannyj, видавший виды vidavšij vidy |
adj drunk
| Português | alegre, bêbado, embriagado |
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| Français | soûl |
| Русский | никакой nikakoj, совсем плохой sovsem ploxoj |
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