English-Finnish translations for wear down

• raastaa
• rasittaa

Definition of wear down

• To cause physical or mental fatigue
• To eventually persuade or defeat through persistent effort

Examples

• The eight hour shift in the mine began to wear Tim down after a few months.
• At first she refused to buy the kids sweets, but eventually they wore her down.

Related words

• wear
• swear
• swear-word
• underwear
• footwear
• forswear
• swearing
• weariness
• rainwear
• headwear