wear down

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wear down

verbo transitivo con partícula

1. gastar, desgastar

to w somebody down (sentido figurado) -> agotar or extenuar a alguien

verbo intransitivo

2. desgastarse

wear down

verb:transitive:plus_adverb

1 [+heels, tyre tread, pencil] gastar; desgastar

2 [+opposition, resistance, patience] agotar; [+person] (physically) agotar; cansar; (mentally) cansar

by this morning, the people's resistance had been worn down the hard work was wearing him down they wore him down with constant pestering until he finally agreed they seem to be trying to wear us down by bringing different agents to question him, they were trying to wear Pollard down the boy was too worn down by sorrow or homesickness to listen Kathleen said he seemed worn down, defeated if his offensive achieved nothing else, it would at least wear down the enemy and prepare the way for a decisive blow

verb:intransitive:plus_adverb

[+heels, tyre tread] desgastarse; gastarse

the animal's incisors wear down from constant gnawing on wood

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