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wear away   (TTS Sound)

The verb wear away has 3 senses

• whittle away, whittle down, wear away -- (cut away in small pieces)


• wear away, wear off -- (diminish, as by friction; "Erosion wore away the surface")


• erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away -- (become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded")