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 shoe’s body is unlikely to break down before either a clog’s back strap breaks or the tread on any type of Crocs wears off. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 May 2026

Over time, the peptides increase collagen production, thus reducing the appearance of fine lines around and on the lips, even when the products’ moisturizing and hydrating properties have worn off. —Emma Greene, InStyle, 28 May 2026

More importantly, their collective effectiveness wore off as Philadelphia advanced deeper into the postseason. —Tony Jones, New York Times, 21 May 2026

But the fairy godmother’s spell wore off early in Game 6, which was just 62 seconds old when Vegas went ahead to stay. —Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026

Rhymes for wear off

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