phrasal verb

Wear out

Letter WInseparable

Wear out

Use something until it stops working

Meanings

Use something until it stops working (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

She played the video so many times that she WORE the tape OUT.

Related

wear + …Same base verb … + outSame particle

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