His product, too, was much less wasteful than broadloom carpet, since you could easily cut the tiles to run cables underneath, and replace them one by one as they wore out.
Look how many and I'm not saying this in a bad way but look how many people came in, look how many people we didn't know came in, look how many bad people came in.
" To wear out" can also be used with things, and when it is used in that way it means to use up, to finish, or to make something no longer useful; something that happens over a period of time.