if a feeling wears off, it gradually disappears
if something such as a pain, an emotion, or a feeling wears off, it gradually disappears
I got bored with the job once the novelty wore off.
It might wear off, of course, but until it does, it's silly to leave all my gear lying around for some passing rambler to nick.
Nevertheless, I was conscious that the novelty of these journeys was beginning to wear off.
The drug began to wear off; Hay-soos's voice was louder, yelling, cursing.
The numbness in his shoulder was starting to wear off.
They were both well aware that when Cynsters married, the novelty did not, strange as it seemed, wear off at all.
wears off
wearing off
wore off
worn off
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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