Usually means: Decrease in effect over time.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. wear off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wear off: Merriam-Webster
  3. wear off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wear off: Collins English Dictionary
  5. wear off: Vocabulary.com
  6. wear off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. wear off: Wiktionary
  8. wear off: Dictionary.com
  9. wear off: Rhymezone
  10. wear off: FreeDictionary.org
  11. wear off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. wear off: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. wear off: Encyclopedia

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  1. wear off: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wear off)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) to diminish in effect
▸ verb:  (intransitive) to disappear because of being abraded, over-polished, or abused

Similar:
wear thin, wear out, wear away, wear, fall off, fall away, die away, tail off, diminish, drop away, more...

Opposite:
persist, endure, last, continue, remain

Types:
subside, fade, diminish, wane, lapse, abate, more...

Phrases:
to wear off, to wear off or die down, more...

Adjectives:
disappeared, away, downed, fade, lower, downcast, out, fire, put off, level, ebb

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Similar:
wear thin, wear out, wear away, wear, fall off, fall away, die away, tail off, diminish, drop away, more...

Opposite:
persist, endure, last, continue, remain

Types:
subside, fade, diminish, wane, lapse, abate, more...

Phrases:
to wear off, to wear off or die down, more...

Adjectives:
disappeared, away, downed, fade, lower, downcast, out, fire, put off, level, ebb



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