wear and tear
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3.0
- noun
- /wɛr ənd tɛr/
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desgaste
- Your body is kinda like a car, and the more you use your car, the more there's wear and tear on it, like the tires and so on.
- wear and tear on the body
You get more oxygen with less work and less wear and tear on your body breathing this way.
- You get more oxygen with less work and less wear and tear on your body breathing this way.
- It puts major wear and tear on your body.
- It's normal wear and tear, nothing that you wouldn't expect from a device that is used.
- And what that does is that puts wear and tear on the systems that need those nutrients to do what they do.
- You may be glad the outcome ended up OK, but the ride was unnecessary and the wear and tear on you is real.
- G Defy says their products can alleviate pain and serve as natural footwear to preempt further wear and tear.
- Side note on the shoes, an employee breaks them in for her by walking in them, but only on carpets so that they won't show signs of wear and tear on the sole when she starts to wear them.
- Because of the wear and tear that you would see on that string, it would be broken down pretty quickly.
- So and they build up due to the daily wear and tear of life, stress and alcohol and, you know, processed food and all that kind of thing.
- And, and I think the wear and tear is one thing that Nick certainly wants to avoid because those kids, they come in with entitlement.
- In other words, don't, don't subject your joints to the same type of wear and tear or impact activity on anyone day.
- You have things like wear and tear of motors or of feats or actuators themselves.
Examples
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Because of the wear and tear that you would see on that string, it would be broken down pretty quickly.
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It's normal wear and tear, nothing that you wouldn't expect from a device that is used.
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A little bit of wear and tear, a little bit of life is OK.
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And then the last thing I would say is probably just the physical wear and tear that you go through.
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Look, what happened is the normal wear and tear in the car.
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It's the wear and tear of the job.
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Up close, the wear and tear of worry show on her face.
Fiction book (2000) -
The pages are thick enough to handle the wear and tear of little fingers.
Blog text (14) -
The piano's showing signs of wear and tear, but it's a genuine Bechstein.
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The piano's showing signs of wear and tear, but it's a genuine Bechstein.
Synonyms
439
3.9
A gradual loss in amount, quality, or value
44
4.3
Damage that happens to something after long use
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5.9
A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse
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4.2
A slow loss of strength, value, or trust
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6.1
Slow damage to metal caused by air or water
13
5.9
A poor condition of a house or wall because no one fixed it
4
6.1
The gradual wearing away of a surface by rubbing or scraping
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9.3
A state of being worn out and weak because of old age or long use
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3.6
Damage to materials like paint or stone caused by sun, rain, and wind
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7.4
Slow wearing away of a surface by rubbing or natural forces
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3.9
A fall in how good something is over time
1
8.4
A building or place that becomes run-down and damaged because people do not care for it
Slow loss of a surface by water, wind, or rubbing
A slow wearing away of a surface when something rubs it
Antonyms
How Worn
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents denote types of damage: 'wear' (gradual deterioration) and 'tear' (rips or damage), so their coordination transparently yields the notion of damage resulting from ordinary use. This is a compositional, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would very likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Wear and tear comes from the simple picture of clothes and objects that are used a lot: wear is when the material is rubbed thin and weak, and tear is when it gets a hole or rip. So the phrase means the 'slow damage' that happens from 'normal use'.