Word info

wear through

Verb

Meaning

wear through (third-person singular simple present wears through, present participle wearing through, simple past wore through, past participle worn through)

to use (something) too much so that a hole develops in it
I have worn through two pairs of jeans since starting these dance classes

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

[Poetry] is the liquid voice that can wear through stone. Adrienne Rich

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