wear and tear

or wear-and-tear

[ tair ]

/ tɛər /

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noun

damage or deterioration resulting from ordinary use; normal depreciation.

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Origin of wear and tear

First recorded in 1660–70

Words nearby wear and tear

wearability, wearable, wearable computer, wearable tech, wearable technology, wear and tear, wear-and-tear pigment, wear another hat, wear down, We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, weariful

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Example sentences from the Web for wear and tear

You also want to inspect the blanket for any wear and tear or visible damage.
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As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
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Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Growing up as a teen in the 1960s, she had yearned to wear the same clothes her girlfriends wore.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You had a great line in your piece on Geoffrey Beene about the “genre” of evening wear.
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She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
She fixed her imploring eyes on the Virgin's face and on the saints; but all seemed to her to wear a forbidding look.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
At home Liszt doesn't wear his long abb's coat, but a short one, in which he looks much more artistic.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
To travelers blessed with golden sunshine, the Rhine may wear a grander, nobler aspect, and to such I leave it.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley

British Dictionary definitions for wear and tear

wear and tear

noun

damage, depreciation, or loss resulting from ordinary use

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wear and tear

Damage and deterioration resulting from ordinary use and exposure, as in This sofa shows a lot of wear and tear; we should replace it. [Second half of 1600s]

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wear and tear

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noun

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