wear off

phrasal verb

wore off; worn off; wearing off; wears off

: to gradually decrease, disappear, or stop

The painkillers wore off after a couple of hours.

The shine on the leather will wear off pretty quickly.

After you drive a new car for a while, the novelty wears off.

Examples of wear off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While many people get covid after receiving a covid shot, because the vaccine’s ability to prevent infection wears off pretty fast, some misunderstand the purpose of the shot, said Otto Yang, an infectious disease specialist at UCLA Health. —Phillip Reese, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025

For those of us privileged to be at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Saturday, and surely to many of the millions who watched from afar, the numbness from Game 7 has not worn off. —Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025

The finish can wear off over time and break more easily due to water damage. —Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025

After twenty years in New York City, the novelty of being a country mouse in the big city had worn off. —Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for wear off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff