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Idioms and Phrases
Last under continual or hard use; also, withstand criticism or the test of time. For example, These boots have worn well , or His poetry wears well . [Mid-1500s]Discover More
Example Sentences
Brown and gray mixtures are always fashionable and wear well.
Something that will wear well is what this type asks for when he drops in to buy a suit.
It is a dust-shedding material, does not shrink, and bears hard wear well.
They say it is because you don't wear well, and the men only flirt with you and leave you.'
I have heard people say that the pyro-silver does not wear well, being easily scratched and otherwise injured.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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