wear through
Friction creates holes
To wear through is to erode or deteriorate from use until a hole or gap forms: The elbows of his jacket had worn through.
The wearing can be literal—fabric, shoe soles, brake pads—or figurative: His patience finally wore through.
Something wears through from repeated friction or sustained pressure over time.
- overuseExcessive employment of something
- chafeIrritate by friction
- wornDamaged by use
- worn outDepleted through overuse
- thinningReducing density or number
thin spots · weather · abrade · friction · elbow grease · emotional exhaustion · run ragged · mental fatigue · erosion · threadbare · scuffing · abrasion · annoy · bother · elbows · degradation · grinding · hole