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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)

  1. (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."