verb
- Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
- usage: "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
- Go to pieces.
- usage: "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
- synonyms: break, wear, bust, fall apart
- Deteriorate through use or stress.
- usage: "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
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