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Phrase(s): grind someone down
Fig. to wear someone down by constant requests; to wear someone down by constant nagging. • If you think you can grind me down by bothering me all the time, you are wrong. • The constant nagging ground down the employees at last., Phrase(s): grind something down
to make something smooth or even by grinding. • Grind this down to make it smooth. • Please grind down this rough spot.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs