wear off
Intermediate (B1)neutral
When a feeling or medicine slowly stops working and goes away.
"The anaesthetic started to wear off an hour after the operation."
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Wear down, wear off.
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Phrasal Verbs LIVESTREAM | Week 21 - SURGERY DAY!
Learn English with Papa Teach Me · 23:22
you can say wear off.