wear sb down
— phrasal verb with wear /weər/
/wer/ verb (wore, worn)Definition
› to make someone feel tired and less able to deal successfully with a situation: Both sides are trying to wear the other down by being obstinate in the negotiations. All the stress and extra travel is beginning to wear him down.Tired and making tired
(Definition of wear sb down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at your worst idiom
- be all in idiom
- be dead on your feet idiom
- be fit/ready to drop idiom
- bleary adjective
- comatose adjective
- fatigued adjective
- finish sb off phrasal verb
- fit to drop idiom
- haggard adjective
- half dead adjective
- jet lag noun
- poop verb (TIRED)
- punch-drunk adjective (TIRED)
- run yourself into the ground idiom
- shagged adjective
- shattered adjective (TIRED)
- sleepy adjective (PERSON)
- stonkered adjective
- whacked adjective
Topic:
Tired and making tired
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