Meaning of wear on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To irritate.
   transitive
2. (chiefly of time) To persist or continue with increasing exhaustion.
   intransitive

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Examples

“But his didacticism is beginning to wear⟳ on me, and I wonder⟳ if I am on a fool's errand.”

“One possible reconciliation of the cross-section and time-series results is that actual wages paid fell relative to reported or official wage rates as the Depression wore on.”

“But as the second half wore on, Sunderland piled forward⟳ at every opportunity and their relentless pressure looked certain to be rewarded in the closing stages.”

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