Meaning of wear on | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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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