Usually means: To exhaust through continuous use.
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  1. wear out: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. wear out: Collins English Dictionary
  3. wear out: Vocabulary.com
  4. wear-out: Wordnik
  5. wear (sth) out: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. wear out: Wiktionary
  7. wear-out: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. wear-out, wear out: Dictionary.com
  9. Wear out: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. wear out: Rhymezone
  11. wear out: Phrasal Verb Page
  12. wear out: Free Dictionary
  13. wear out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. wear out: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. wear out: Legal dictionary

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  1. wear out: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wear out: Medical dictionary

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  1. wear out: Idioms

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  1. wear out: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (wear out)

verb:  To cause (something) to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use, especially hard, heavy, or careless use.
verb:  (intransitive) To deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain.
verb:  To exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness, as by continued strain or exertion.
verb:  (intransitive) To become exhausted, tired, fatigued, or weary, as by continued strain or exertion.
verb:  Of apparel, to display in public.
verb:  Of a shirt, to not tuck into the pants; to wear in a casual manner.
verb:  (chiefly Southern US) To punish by spanking.

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