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Finally overcome resistance to dress in feathers? (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wear down

'finally overcome resistance to' is the definition.
(to wear down is to gradually overcome)

'dress in feathers?' is the wordplay.
'dress in' becomes 'wear' (to wear something is to dress in it).
'feathers?' becomes 'down' (down can mean bird feathers).
'wear'+'down'='WEAR DOWN'

(Another definition for wear down that I've seen is " Gradually erode".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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