eat+away
21eat away — to corrode and remove the metal from the front fender has been eaten away by rust …
22eat something away or eat away at/into — erode or destroy something gradually. → eat …
23gradually eat away — index erode Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
24eat away at somebody — …
25eat — W1S1 [i:t] v past tense ate [et, eıt US eıt] past participle eaten [ˈi:tn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(meal)¦ 3 eat your words 4 eat your heart out 5 eat somebody alive/eat somebody for breakfast 6¦(use)¦ 7 eat humble pie …
26eat — [ it ] (past tense ate [ eıt ] ; past participle eat|en [ itn ] ) verb intransitive or transitive *** to put food into your mouth and swallow it: We sat on the grass and ate our sandwiches. Don t talk while you re eating. I ve eaten too much.… …
27eat out — {v.} 1. To eat in a restaurant; eat away from home. * /Fred ate out often even when he wasn t out of town./ 2. To rust, rot, or be destroyed in time. * /Rust had eaten out the gun barrel./ See: EAT AWAY …
28eat out — {v.} 1. To eat in a restaurant; eat away from home. * /Fred ate out often even when he wasn t out of town./ 2. To rust, rot, or be destroyed in time. * /Rust had eaten out the gun barrel./ See: EAT AWAY …
29eat — ► VERB (past ate; past part. eaten) 1) put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it. 2) (eat out or in) have a meal in a restaurant (or at home). 3) (eat something away or eat away at/into) gradually erode or des …
30eat out — Eat away, consume, gnaw out, erode, destroy …
