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wear thin

verb

Definitions

  1. To lessen or weaken over time, as from overuse.

    • Your jocose wisecracks have already worn thin.
    • Continuing his recent stern rhetoric, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg told reporters in Stockholm that many have worked hard to help Latvia deal with its severe economic recession but that patience is wearing thin.

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