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"wear thin" is a correct and usable expression in written English.
It means to become less effective, tolerable, or acceptable over time. For example, "The students' patience was wearing thin as the school day dragged on."
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Wear thin socks.
Nerves wear thin.
But hospitality may wear thin.
But their patience may wear thin.
But they may soon wear thin.
The money will wear thin very quickly.
Chaos tends, however, to wear thin.
Of course his jokes wear thin.
The subject might wear thin without Mr. McDonough's vivid descriptions.
A confrontational style like his can wear thin over time.
But the "drama" is starting to wear thin.
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