wear on
— phrasal verb with wear uk/weər/us/wer/verb wore, worn
If a period of time wears on, it seems to pass very slowly:
She felt less confident about finishing the work as the week wore on.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Spending time & time passing
- all the time in the world idiom
- Anno Domini
- course
- elapse
- employ
- fall
- fall away
- misspend
- pass
- passage
- passing
- run
- sand
- slip away
- spread sth over sth
- the sands of time are running out idiom
- tick
- tick away/by
- time and tide wait for no man idiom
- while
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