The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OUTWEAR
tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
(verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; āWe wore ourselves out on this hikeā
outwear
(verb) last longer than others; āThis material outwears all othersā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
outwear (third-person singular simple present outwears, present participle outwearing, simple past outwore, past participle outworn)
(transitive) To wear out.
(transitive) To outlast; to survive or outlive longer than.
Anagrams
• wear out, wearout
Source: Wiktionary
Out*wear", v. t.
1. To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing. Milton.
2. To last longer than; to outlast; as, this cloth will outwear the other. "If I the night outwear." Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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