Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - wear out
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Wear out
wear out
1. When something wears out or when you wear it out, it is used so much that it becomes thin or weak and unable to be used any more. Every time she consulted her watch, she wondered if the batteries were wearing out... Horses used for long-distance riding tend to wear their shoes out more quickly... He wore out his shoes wandering around Mexico City. PHRASAL VERB: V P, V n P, V P n (not pron) 2. If something wears you out, it makes you feel extremely tired. (INFORMAL) The past few days had really worn him out... The young people run around kicking a ball, wearing themselves out... The effect of the continuous attacks has been to wear out his troops. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V pron-refl P, V P n (not pron) 3. see also worn out
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verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. tire, exhaust 2. to make useless especially by long or hard usage 3. erase, efface 4. to endure through ; outlast ~ a storm 5. to consume (as time) tediously ~ idle days intransitive verb to become useless from long or excessive wear or use ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. изнашивать to wear out a dress —- износить платье 2. изнашиваться this cloth will soon wear out —- это сукно будет плохо носиться 3. истощаться (о терпении и т. п.) his patience wore (was worn) out —- его терпению пришел конец 4. изнурять, истощать; изматывать all this talking wears me out —- я очень устаю от всех этих разговоров hardship and penury wore him out before his time —- нужда и бедность состарила его раньше времени 5. проводить, коротать (время) 6. стирать, изглаживать 7. пережить; претерпеть, вынести we wore out a storm —- мы переждали грозу ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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{v.} 1a. To use or wear until useless. * /Bobby got a toy truck that would run on a battery, and he used it so much that he soon wore it out./ * /The stockings are so worn out that they can't be mended any more./ Compare: GIVE OUT(4), USE UP. 1b. To become useless from use or wear. * /The old clock finally wore out./ * /One shoe wore out before the other./ 2. or tire out To make very tired; weaken. * /The children played inside when it rained, and they soon wore out their mother./ * /When Dick got home from the long walk, he was all worn out./ - Often used with "oneself". * /Don't wear yourself out by playing too hard./ Compare: GIVE OUT(4). 3. To make by rubbing, scraping, or washing. * /The waterfall has worn out a hole in the stone beneath it./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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