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wear and tear
[ tair ]
noun
- damage or deterioration resulting from ordinary use; normal depreciation.
wear and tear
noun
- damage, depreciation, or loss resulting from ordinary use
Word History and Origins
Origin of wear and tear1
Idioms and Phrases
Damage and deterioration resulting from ordinary use and exposure, as in This sofa shows a lot of wear and tear; we should replace it . [Second half of 1600s]Example Sentences
You also want to inspect the blanket for any wear and tear or visible damage.
It enables nature to recruit its strength; whereas worry and discontent debilitate it, involving constant wear-and-tear.
Quiriquina, than the ordinary wear-and-tear of the sea and weather during the course of a whole century.
Even the London scenery is faithfully reproduced in material of extra strength, to stand the wear-and-tear of constant removal.
The wear-and-tear of rust is even faster than the tear-and-wear of work.
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