What does wear up mean?

wear up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

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"["']The horses soon wear up, or get diseased, and they come for another pair.' That," said Max, "is what he said in my hearing, and you can judge for yourself.""

wears up (present, singular) wearing up (participle, present) wore up (past) worn up (participle, past)

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