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.
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Hutson played the final two games of the 2023-24 season, and just like that, the first year of his entry-level contract wore off.
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Greg Liodice, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Once Twenty Twenty Six airs and when the drama (and most likely disappointment) of next year’s World Cup has worn off, thoughts from his devoted following of fans may turn to what Morton does next with Ian Fletcher, this most malleable of characters.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
But what will make people keep using Sora after the novelty wears off?
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
Every four weeks, the researchers re-soaked the wraps in case the permethrin wore off.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
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Greg Liodice, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Once Twenty Twenty Six airs and when the drama (and most likely disappointment) of next year’s World Cup has worn off, thoughts from his devoted following of fans may turn to what Morton does next with Ian Fletcher, this most malleable of characters.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
But what will make people keep using Sora after the novelty wears off?
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
Every four weeks, the researchers re-soaked the wraps in case the permethrin wore off.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Wear off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wear%20off. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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