"wear on" meaning in English

See wear on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: wears on [present, singular, third-person], wearing on [participle, present], wore on [past], worn on [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wear<,,wore,worn> on}} wear on (third-person singular simple present wears on, present participle wearing on, simple past wore on, past participle worn on)
  1. (transitive) To irritate. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wear_on-en-verb-yGERC~2K
  2. (intransitive) (chiefly of time) To persist or continue with increasing exhaustion. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wear_on-en-verb-nWsxWAyw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "on", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "on": 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007, Stephen L. Carter, The Emperor of Ocean Park, page 398:",
          "text": "But his didacticism is beginning to wear on me, and I wonder if I am on a fool's errand.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "To irritate."
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        "(transitive) To irritate."
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          "ref": "2000, Ben Bernanke, “The Macroeconomics of the Great Depression”, in Essays on the great depression, page 32:",
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        {
          "ref": "2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, in BBC:",
          "text": "But as the second half wore on, Sunderland piled forward at every opportunity and their relentless pressure looked certain to be rewarded in the closing stages.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "(chiefly of time) To persist or continue with increasing exhaustion."
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        "(intransitive) (chiefly of time) To persist or continue with increasing exhaustion."
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        "(transitive) To irritate."
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        "(intransitive) (chiefly of time) To persist or continue with increasing exhaustion."
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