wear off
Definition of wear 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.
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: to bear or have on the person
: to use habitually for clothing, adornment, or assistance
: to carry on the person
: the act of wearing : the state of being worn : use
: clothing or an article of clothing usually of a particular kind
: clothing worn for a special occasion or popular during a specific period
: from a place or position
: away from land
: at a distance in space or time
: used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union
: to seaward of
: from the possession or charge of
: seaward
: right
: more removed or distant
: to go away : depart
: kill, murder
: office; officer; official
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