wear away
[verb]
Synonyms: eat, bite, corrode, eat away, erode, gnaw, scour

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

wear away phrasal verb (see also wear)
to gradually become thinner or smoother, or to make something become like this, because of rubbing or touching:
The leather is starting to wear away at the seams.
wear something ↔ away
Most of the grass had already been worn away by the spectators.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

wear away
• wear off/away
remove or disappear little by little by use, time or weather
The name on the front of my passport wore off from using it too much.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

wear away
v.
1. To remove or disappear little by little through use, time, or the action of weather.
Time and weather have worn off the name on the gravestone.
The eraser has worn off my pencil.
The grass has worn away from the path near the house.
2. To lessen; become less little by little.
The people went home as the excitement of the fire wore off.
John could feel the pain again as the dentist's medicine wore away.
3. To exhaust; tire out, win over or persuade by making tired.
Mary wore her mother down by begging so that she let Mary go to the movies.
Compare: DIE OUT.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲