Usually means: Gradually reduce strength or effectiveness.
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  1. wear down: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. wear down: Collins English Dictionary
  3. wear down: Vocabulary.com
  4. wear down: Wiktionary
  5. wear down: Dictionary.com
  6. wear down: Rhymezone
  7. wear down: Free Dictionary
  8. wear down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. wear down: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. wear down: Legal dictionary

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  1. wear down: Medical dictionary

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  1. The Wear Down: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (wear down)

verb:  To cause (someone) physical or mental fatigue.
verb:  To eventually persuade or defeat (someone) through persistent effort.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wear, down.

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