• to batter, to fray, to hack, to hackney, to outwear, outwore, outworn, to scuff, to waste, to wear away, to wear out, to wear, wore, worn
• to abrade, to fray, to scuff, to wear down, to wear off
• commonplace, corny, hackneyed, quotidian, worn-out
• to be hard on one's clothes