How is “wear off” used?

In The Dawn Wall (2017), one line is: “Every attempt, you wear off more skin.”

Which movie is “wear off” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from The Dawn Wall (2017).

to gradually disappear or stop; to rub something away, or for a surface layer to come away, through friction or repeated contact

Heard in 11 movies

Oxford80% of films
to gradually disappear or stop
The side effects are supposed to wear off eventually.
It'll wear off, along with the hallucinations.
Editorial20% of films
to rub something away, or for a surface layer to come away, through friction or repeated contact
Every attempt, you wear off more skin.

Definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 9th edition

Every attempt, you wear off more skin.

Said in 8 films · #1