wear on

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wear on - pass slowly (of time); "The day wore on"

wane, go down, decline - grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

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? wear on

vi → sich hinziehen, sich (da)hinschleppen; (year) → voranschreiten; as the evening/year etc wore on → im Laufe des Abends/Jahres etc

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