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wear on
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Princeton's WordNet
wear onverb
pass slowly (of time)
"The day wore on"
Wiktionary
wear onverb
To irritate.
wear onverb
To persist or continue with increasing exhaustion.
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wear on
"Wear on" generally refers to the gradual degradation or deterioration of a material, object or equipment due to constant use, aging, exposure or friction over time. It can also be used metaphorically to indicate mental or emotional strain, as in "the stress began to wear on him".
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wear on in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wear on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of wear on in a Sentence
We're golf and I don't have the demands that he has, but there still is the pressures of it and the demands, and the extra stuff that goes with winning, which are good, they're not bad but they do wear on you mentally, and the expectations do. After you build it, sometimes what you build can eat you, if you're not careful.
Being in power for over a decade is now starting to wear on President Evo Morales' government and its legitimacy, this is going to be a very complex election.
Many search for happiness as we look for a hat we wear on our heads.
The ideal holiday gift is some kind of fitness tracker: these simple tools you can just wear on your wrist, five years ago, pedometers just measured steps. Now they’re counting calories and even sleep.
Although in some ways I do stand out, such as the hijab I wear on my head, the head covering, there's still so many ways I feel so embedded in the fabric that is our culture.
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