wear down

Found in thesaurus: indispose, deteriorate

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wear down
exhaust; win through perseverance

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wear down

Verb
1. exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
(synonym) tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, fag out, fag, fatigue
(hypernym) indispose
(hyponym) exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out
(cause) tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade


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wear down
osłabiać kogoś/coś
 
wear something down
zmniejszać (się), skracać (się)

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wear down
become dull or weak, use until worn Confinement in a prison began to wear down his spirit.

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wear down
Synonyms and related words:
ablate, abrade, affect, argue into, beat, bend, bias, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, burn out, captivate, charm, color, con, convince, debilitate, dispose, do in, do up, drain, draw over, enervate, erode, exhaust, fag, fag out, fatigue, flag, fray, frazzle, fret, gain, gain over, harass, hook, hook in, incline, induce, influence, jade, knock out, knock up, lead, move, outtalk, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, persuade, poop, poop out, predispose, prevail on, prevail upon, prevail with, prompt, prostrate, rub off, sell, sell one on, soften up, sway, talk into, talk over, tatter, tinge, tire, tire out, tire to death, tone, tucker, use up, wangle, wangle into, weaken, wear, wear away, wear off, wear on, wear out, wear ragged, weary, weather, weigh with, wilt, win, win over, wind, work
  

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