grind down

transitive verb

ground down; grinding down; grinds down

1

: to make (something hard) smaller and smoother by gradual rubbing

2

: to weaken or destroy gradually

Poverty ground her spirit down.

Word History

First Known Use

1688, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for grind down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown