wear off
— phrasal verb with wear uk/weər/us/wer/verb wore, worn
B2 If a feeling or the effect of something wears off, it gradually disappears:
Most patients find that the numbness from the injection wears off after about an hour.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Appearing & disappearing
- act
- bubble up
- come up
- conjure
- creep
- disappear off the face of the earth idiom
- do a disappearing/vanishing act idiom
- emerge
- emergence
- erupt
- evaporate
- face
- form
- manifestation
- melt
- pop
- puff
- pull
- pull sth up
- wither
See more results »