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wear off
verb
- intr to decrease in intensity gradually
the pain will wear off in an hour
- to disappear or cause to disappear gradually through exposure, use, etc
the pattern on the ring had been worn off
Idioms and Phrases
Diminish gradually, lose effectiveness, as in We'll wait till the drug wears off . [Late 1600s]Example Sentences
“I’m Cinderella after the ball,” she says at one point, “and the spell is wearing off.”
“The shock of it is wearing off, but it’s almost worse now than it was — it’s, ‘Oh, now this is reality,’” Atkins, 59, told The Times.
After the shock wore off, Davis said he was on a flight Sunday morning to Dallas to take his physical.
"The effects can wear off from about 40 minutes to just over an hour after taking it," she adds.
The Brit-nominee says trying to hide from her deeper feelings eventually started to wear off.
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