Usually means: Patience or material becomes depleted.
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  1. wear thin: Merriam-Webster
  2. wear thin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wear thin: Vocabulary.com
  4. wear thin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. wear thin: Wiktionary
  6. wear thin: Dictionary.com
  7. wear thin: Rhymezone
  8. wear thin: FreeDictionary.org
  9. wear thin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. wear thin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. wear thin: Encyclopedia

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  1. wear thin: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wear thin)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To lessen or weaken over time, as from overuse.

Similar:
wear out, wear off, wear, waste, weaken, water down, thin, dilute, attenuate, wear down, more...

Opposite:
thicken, strengthen, bulk up, beef up, deepen

Types:
tiring, exhausting, draining, taxing, straining, wearing, more...

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Similar:
wear out, wear off, wear, waste, weaken, water down, thin, dilute, attenuate, wear down, more...

Opposite:
thicken, strengthen, bulk up, beef up, deepen

Types:
tiring, exhausting, draining, taxing, straining, wearing, more...



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