eat+away

  • 1eat away at — ˌeat a ˈway at [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they eat away at he/she/it eats away at present participle eating away at past tense ate away at …

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  • 2eat away at — (something) to reduce something by a little at a time. These bank fees eat away at my savings every month …

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  • 3eat away — index diminish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4eat away — verb 1. remove soil or rock Rain eroded the terraces • Syn: ↑erode, ↑fret • Derivationally related forms: ↑erosive (for: ↑erode), ↑erosion ( …

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  • 5eat away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms eat away : present tense I/you/we/they eat away he/she/it eats away present participle eating away past tense ate away past participle eaten away eat away or eat into to gradually destroy something Within a… …

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  • 6eat away — v. (d; intr.) to eat away at (the waves eat away at the shore) * * * (d; intr.) to eat away at (the waves eat away at the shore) …

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  • 7eat away at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms eat away at : present tense I/you/we/they eat away at he/she/it eats away at present participle eating away at past tense ate away at past participle eaten away at to make someone feel more and more unhappy or …

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  • 8eat away — PHRASAL VERB If one thing eats away another or eats away at another, it gradually destroys or uses it up. [V P n (not pron)] Water pours through the roof, encouraging rot to eat away the interior of the house... [V P at n] The recession is eating …

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  • 9eat away at something — eat away at (something) to reduce something by a little at a time. These bank fees eat away at my savings every month …

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  • 10eat away at something — (or eat something away) erode or destroy something gradually the sun and wind eat away at the ice | prevents bone from being eaten away ■ use up (profits, resources, or time), esp. when they are intended for other purposes inflation can eat away… …

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