What does wear on mean?

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wear on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wear onverb

    pass slowly (of time)

    "The day wore on"

Wiktionary

  1. wear onverb

    To irritate.

  2. wear onverb

    To persist or continue with increasing exhaustion.

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  1. wear on

    "Wear on" generally refers to the gradual degradation or deterioration of a material, object or equipment due to constant use, aging, exposure or friction over time. It can also be used metaphorically to indicate mental or emotional strain, as in "the stress began to wear on him".

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wear on in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wear on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of wear on in a Sentence

  1. Marcelo Arequipa:

    Being in power for over a decade is now starting to wear on President Evo Morales' government and its legitimacy, this is going to be a very complex election.

  2. The Abu-Salhas:

    Although in some ways I do stand out, such as the hijab I wear on my head, the head covering, there's still so many ways I feel so embedded in the fabric that is our culture.

  3. Jay Seawell:

    We're golf and I don't have the demands that he has, but there still is the pressures of it and the demands, and the extra stuff that goes with winning, which are good, they're not bad but they do wear on you mentally, and the expectations do. After you build it, sometimes what you build can eat you, if you're not careful.

  4. Ross Mayfield:

    That is concerning, the consumer is by all accounts in an extremely strong position but there is this kind of COVID fatigue that is really starting to wear on people’s sentiment, regardless of lockdown or full reopen, the consumer is healthy enough to spend and kind of keep the economy afloat, it will be different names and different sectors that become the beneficiaries of it.

  5. Nikolaus Lenus:

    Many search for happiness as we look for a hat we wear on our heads.

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    being essentially equal to something
    A tantamount
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