wear thin

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verb

deteriorate through use or stress (Freq. 1)
- The constant friction wore out the cloth
• Syn:
wear, wear off, wear out, wear down
• Derivationally related forms:
wear (for: wear)
• Hypernyms:
deteriorate
• Hyponyms:
ablate, scuff
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something