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wore in

wore in is the simple past of wear in.

Meaning of wear in

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To wear until becoming comfortable or fitting properly; to cause (something) to wear in this way (by using it).
    • It took a few weeks for my new hiking boots to wear in. Then it took another 12 years for them to wear out.
    Synonyms:
    break in

Questions about wore in

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

Words near wore in in the dictionary

  1. wore
  2. wore and tore
  3. wore away
  4. wore down
  5. wore horns
  6. wore in
  7. wore many hats
  8. wore off
  9. wore on
  10. wore on one's sleeve
  11. wore one's heart on one's sleeve

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