phrasal verb

Wear off

Letter WInseparable

Wear off

Stop having an effect

Meanings

Stop having an effect (intransitive, International English)

Examples

The anaesthetic WORE OFF and my tooth started hurting.

Related

wear + …Same base verb … + offSame particle

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