wear thin

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

1. (idiomatic) To lessen or weaken over time, as from overuse.
   • 2009 October 7, Joel Sherwood, “Pressure on Latvia Builds”, in The Wall Street Journal:

     Continuing his recent stern rhetoric, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg told reporters in Stockholm that many have worked hard to help Latvia deal with its severe economic recession but that patience is wearing thin.

   • 2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1090:

     [T]he ‘fun’ factor may be in part attributable the novelty of the feedback mechanism, and the sense of fun might wear thin after longer exposure to the feedback method.

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