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wear

tv. to tolerate something. (Usually negative.) That’s no good. I won’t wear it.

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• all the worse for wear
• be the worse for wear
• Constant dropping wears away a stone
• He wears a ten-dollar hat on a five-cent head
• I don't want to wear out my welcome
• If the shoe fits, wear it
• It is better to wear out than to rust out
• none the worse for wear
• put wear on
• the worse for wear
• Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
• wash-and-wear
• wear
• wear and tear
• wear another hat
• wear away
• wear away at
• wear down
• wear fingers to the bone
• wear heart on sleeve
• wear in
• wear more than one hat
• wear off
• wear off )
• wear on
• wear on sleeve
• wear one's heart on one's sleeve
• wear out
• wear out one's welcome
• wear out welcome
• wear rose-colored glasses
• wear sackcloth and ashes
• wear several hats
• wear the
• wear the britches
• wear the bull's feather
• wear the cap and bells
• wear the horns
• wear the pants
• wear the pants in the house
• wear the trousers
• wear the willow
• wear thin
• wear through
• wear to a frazzle
• wear too many hats
• wear two hats
• wear well
• wear your heart on your sleeve
• who wears the trousers?
• worse for wear