wear out
Verb
Meaning
go to pieces
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
deteriorate through use or stress
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O most grateful burden, which comforts them that carry it! The burdens of earthly masters gradually wear out the strength of those who carry them; but the burden of Christ assists the bearers of it, because we carry not grace, but grace us.
It is better to rust out than wear out.
What is the use trying to describe the flowing of a river at any one moment, and then at the next moment, and then at the next, and the next, and the next? You wear out. You say: There is a great river, and it flows through this land, and we have named it History.
Kind words don't wear out the tongue.
Better wear out shoes than sheets.
It is better to wear out one's shoes than one's sheets.