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past tense of wear
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1
to use up all the physical energy of
- the job of running their own business wears them sometimes
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2
to damage or diminish by continued friction
- all that walking every day wore the soles of my shoes very quickly
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3
British
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
- her marriage is so bad—I don't know how she wears it
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“Wore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wore. Accessed 22 Oct. 2021.
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