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wearing down

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At a certain point, all you're doing is wearing down your arm.

They would prefer to see a wearing down of the regime instead—enough to bring it to the negotiating table.

Inevitably al Qaeda claims it is bleeding America economically and wearing down our will.

To keep the ends of his wooden legs from wearing down short, Ozma had shod the Sawhorse with plates of pure gold.

Perhaps it was simply that the barriers between us and this masked aspect of life had been wearing down unperceived.

It fought every inch of the way, wearing down pony and rider until they were almost exhausted.

Something tragic was going on right then—the wearing down, the devastation of the old earth.

Finally his foot touched his companion's knee but, without pausing, kept wearing down the groove.

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On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wear down, such as: overuse, waste, wear, and wear out.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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