wear off

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 team discovered Lloyd’s injury once the adrenaline wore off from his dominant performance last week against the Falcons. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2026

Willingness To Pay After Free Access Ends Watch what happens once novelty wears off and the free tier disappears. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

With each passing horse and occasional lecture to move farther off the trail, the novelty, and romance, wore off. — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Sep. 2026

That’s where any commitment to accuracy wears off (no, Andrew didn’t try to kill Lizzie during the crime, as the penultimate episode suggests). — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for wear off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff