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wore down

wore down is the simple past of wear down.

Meaning of wear down

Verb

wear down (third-person singular simple present wears down, present participle wearing down, simple past wore down, past participle worn down)

  1. To cause (someone) physical or mental fatigue.
    • The eight hour shift in the mine began to wear Tim down after a few months.
  2. To eventually persuade or defeat (someone) through persistent effort.
    • At first she refused to buy the kids sweets, but eventually they wore her down.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wear, down.

Questions about wore down

What is wore down the simple past of?
Wore down is the simple past of wear down.

Words near wore down in the dictionary

  1. wordwraps
  2. wordy
  3. wore
  4. wore and tore
  5. wore away
  6. wore down
  7. wore horns
  8. wore in
  9. wore many hats
  10. wore off
  11. wore on

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