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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That uptick in sales and streams hasn’t faded just yet, even though the shock has largely worn off.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Once the novelty factor has worn off, there won’t be anything to entice the average Angeleno, living in a city of outrageously diverse cuisine and plenty of storied diners, to come back a second time, except maybe for the supercharger stations.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
Google will need to update the library of styles frequently or the novelty will wear off quickly.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
But the excitement of the Raiders thinking outside the box in hiring Pierce, an unconventional choice to lead an NFL team with just one and a half seasons of NFL coaching experience under his belt, wore off quickly.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Once the novelty factor has worn off, there won’t be anything to entice the average Angeleno, living in a city of outrageously diverse cuisine and plenty of storied diners, to come back a second time, except maybe for the supercharger stations.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
Google will need to update the library of styles frequently or the novelty will wear off quickly.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
But the excitement of the Raiders thinking outside the box in hiring Pierce, an unconventional choice to lead an NFL team with just one and a half seasons of NFL coaching experience under his belt, wore off quickly.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
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“Wear off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wear%20off. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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