Phrasal verbs · 2 in this family

WEAR

/wɛr/

On its own, wear means to have on the body, or to erode. Add a particle and it changes completely:

Wear out is to exhaust — a person, or an object used past its life. Wear off is what a feeling or a drug does when its effect gradually fades.

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Every WEAR phrasal verb, with the one line that keeps it apart from its siblings. Tap any one to open it.

Phrasal verb	Means	How to remember it
wear outSeparable2 meanings	exhaust a person; use an object until it fails	OUT = used until there is nothing left.
wear offNo object	an effect gradually fades	OFF = it comes away over time.

Phrasal verbs with WEAR — what each one means