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wear off
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Princeton's WordNet
wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thinverb
deteriorate through use or stress
"The constant friction wore out the cloth"
wear away, wear offverb
diminish, as by friction
"Erosion wore away the surface"
Wiktionary
wear offverb
to diminish in effect
wear offverb
to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused
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wear off
"Wear off" is a phrasal verb that refers to the gradual decrease or disappearance of an effect or sensation. It's often used to describe the diminishing effects of a medication, a feeling, an emotion, a sensation, or the surface of something due to constant use or passage of time.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wear off in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wear off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of wear off in a Sentence
We're confident about this weekend, but thereafter we're not so sure, the novelty might wear off.
There is an initial impact and you do get these flights to safety but it does wear off very quickly.
After a while that starts to wear off.
A rally doesn't mean we're out of the woods just yet nor that volatility is a thing of the past, if there is one thing recent history has shown us, it's that optimism can wear off quickly if cases climb or stay-at-home orders are extended.
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