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wear thin

1. if your patience wears thin, you become less and less patient (often in continuous tenses) I've warned you several times about being late and my patience is wearing thin.

2. if a joke, an excuse, or an explanation wears thin, it becomes less effective because it has been used too much (often in continuous tenses) This excuse about not having enough staff to run the trains is wearing rather thin, don't you think?

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