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wear_up
wear up
English
Verb
wear up (third-person singular simple present wears up, present participle wearing up, simple past wore up, past participle worn up)
- (intransitive) To tire; to become tired
- 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 23
- "...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, Black Beauty Chapter 23