wear off
phrasal verb
wore off; worn off; wearing off; wears off
: to gradually decrease, disappear, or stop
The painkillers wore off after a couple of hours.
The shine on the leather will wear off pretty quickly.
After you drive a new car for a while, the novelty wears off.
Examples of wear off in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The shine of Varadkar’s government wore off during his second stint as taoiseach; Harris inherits a governing coalition facing a difficult fight to return to office.
—
Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
Half-life of caffeine:There's a reason why your coffee wears off.
—Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
The trouble is that, even at a compact 24 minutes, everything blends together and the novelty wears off.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Mar. 2024
What to Consider Their anti-fog technology may wear off over time.
—Marisa Petrarca, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
The keycaps that ship with the Mars 03 are from and made from PBT with legends printed by the dye-sublimation process which means the legends on the keycaps shouldn’t wear off.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
But the swipe’s novelty has worn off, and Tinder has lost momentum.
—J. Edward Moreno, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
The canal will be brightest when the dyes are first introduced and will wear off within a couple of days.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
The novelty eventually wears off, especially when Eli’s computer haunts the crew one moment and is meant to be a potential ally in the next.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
Half-life of caffeine:There's a reason why your coffee wears off.
—Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
The trouble is that, even at a compact 24 minutes, everything blends together and the novelty wears off.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Mar. 2024
What to Consider Their anti-fog technology may wear off over time.
—Marisa Petrarca, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
The keycaps that ship with the Mars 03 are from and made from PBT with legends printed by the dye-sublimation process which means the legends on the keycaps shouldn’t wear off.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
But the swipe’s novelty has worn off, and Tinder has lost momentum.
—J. Edward Moreno, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
The canal will be brightest when the dyes are first introduced and will wear off within a couple of days.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
The novelty eventually wears off, especially when Eli’s computer haunts the crew one moment and is meant to be a potential ally in the next.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'wear off.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near wear off
Cite this Entry
“Wear off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wear%20off. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share