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outwear
[ out-wair ]
verb (used with object)
- to wear or last longer than; outlast:
a well-made product that outwears its competition.
- to exhaust in strength or endurance:
The daily toil had soon outworn him.
- to outlive or outgrow:
Perhaps he will outwear those eccentricities.
A child outwears clothes quickly.
- to pass (time):
trying to outwear the hours by reading.
outwear
/ ˌaʊtˈwɛə /
verb
- to use up or destroy by wearing
- to last or wear longer than
- to outlive, outgrow, or develop beyond
- to deplete or exhaust in strength, determination, etc
Example Sentences
It’s an intelligent and charming film that doesn’t outwear its welcome.
The brand succeeded most in the outwear, large leather goods, and mens accessories categories.
Kilmeny was going because he knew that he might easily outwear his welcome.
"'Tis I that am more like to outwear your patience, fair Judith," said he.
You wilfully misunderstand my attitude; you outwear my patience.
Yet more than one pair of these have I outworn, and many more shall I outwear ere my journeys are ended.
We go there so often that I fear Miss Sally will think we mean to outwear our welcome.
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