wear on

/wɛr ɑn/
/wɛə ɒn/
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Other forms: wore on; wearing on; wears on

Definitions of wear on
  1. verb
    pass slowly (of time)
    “The day wore on”
    see moresee less
    type of:
    decline, go down, wane
    grow smaller
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