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wore up

wore up is the simple past of wear up.

Meaning of wear up

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To tire; to become tired
    • ["']The horses soon wear up, or get diseased, and they come for another pair.' That," said Max, "is what he said in my hearing, and you can judge for yourself."[1877], Anna Sewell, “A Strike for Liberty”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 109

Questions about wore up

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

Words near wore up in the dictionary

  1. wore the pants
  2. wore the trousers
  3. wore thin
  4. wore through
  5. wore too many hats
  6. wore up
  7. wore yellow stockings
  8. woreda
  9. woredas
  10. worenine
  11. worest

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