WEAR OFF


Meaning of WEAR OFF in English

wear off phrasal verb ( see also ↑ wear )

1 . if pain or the effect of something wears off, it gradually stops:

The effects of the anaesthetic were starting to wear off.

2 . the novelty wears off used to say that you stop feeling interested or excited about something because it is no longer new:

It was funny for a while but the novelty soon wore off.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.