wear and tear
or wear-and-tear
damage or deterioration resulting from ordinary use; normal depreciation.
Origin of wear and tear
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How to use wear and tear in a sentence
You also want to inspect the blanket for any wear and tear or visible damage.
Best heated throw blanket: Bundle up with these electric blankets | PopSci Commerce Team | February 11, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt enables nature to recruit its strength; whereas worry and discontent debilitate it, involving constant wear-and-tear.
Character | Samuel SmilesQuiriquina, than the ordinary wear-and-tear of the sea and weather during the course of a whole century.
A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World | Charles DarwinEven the London scenery is faithfully reproduced in material of extra strength, to stand the wear-and-tear of constant removal.
The wear-and-tear of rust is even faster than the tear-and-wear of work.
Character | Samuel Smiles
British Dictionary definitions for wear and tear
damage, depreciation, or loss resulting from ordinary use
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Other Idioms and Phrases with 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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