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wear away

To erode gradually and progressively.

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Poetry examples for “wear away”

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So shall Lycoris whom he lovËd best. 30
Therefore when flint and iron wear away,
Verse is immortal and shall ne'er decay.

Or first Prospective -- Or the Gold
In using, wear away,

And I to thee mine actions shall disguise.
The morning shadows wear away,
But these grow longer all the day;

For in these limbs its teeth remain,
With marks that will not wear away, 40
Till I have done with this new day,

Tickell was not one of those scholars who wear away their lives in
closets; he entered early into the world and was long busy in public