If you say that time wears on, you mean that it passes, especially when it seems to pass slowly.
As the day wore on Brand found himself increasingly impressed...
= go on
PHRASAL VERB: V P
If you say that time wears on, you mean that it passes, especially when it seems to pass slowly.
As the day wore on Brand found himself increasingly impressed...
= go on
PHRASAL VERB: V P
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012