wear and tear

You also want to inspect the blanket for any wear and tear or visible damage.
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It enables nature to recruit its strength; whereas worry and discontent debilitate it, involving constant wear-and-tear.
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Quiriquina, than the ordinary wear-and-tear of the sea and weather during the course of a whole century.
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Even the London scenery is faithfully reproduced in material of extra strength, to stand the wear-and-tear of constant removal.
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The wear-and-tear of rust is even faster than the tear-and-wear of work.
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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]

wear and tear

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