Definitions for chip away
chip away

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1. chip away, chip away atverb

   remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life"

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1. chip awayverb

   To reduce or weaken bit by bit.

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1. chip away

   "Chip away" is a phrase used to describe the act of gradually and consistently reducing, diminishing, or eroding something over time. It's often used metaphorically to discuss non-physical things like savings, confidence, or even someone's patience. However, it can also refer to the actual process of removing parts from a solid material like stone or wood by chipping or cutting.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chip away in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chip away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of chip away in a Sentence

1. Jennifer Pizer:

   [W]e are witness yet again to the unrelenting anti-LGBTQ crusade being waged by self-described Christian fundamentalist legal groups aiming to chip away at the hard-won gains of LGBTQ people by carving out swaths of territory where discrimination can flourish, the constitutional protections for religious freedom and free speech were never intended as weapons of discrimination for those doing business with the general public.

2. Carol Anderson:

   They will chip, chip away at these laws until there is nothing left.

3. Justice Thomas:

   You can cavalierly talk about packing or stacking the court. You can cavalierly talk about doing this or doing that. At some point the institution is going to be compromised, by doing this, you continue to chip away at the respect of the institutions that the next generation is going to need if they're going to have civil society.

4. Meredith Stoddard:

   Make sure you have transparency, chip away at it. Use the resources available. Build a strong support network. It is less overwhelming.

5. New York:

   I struggle with this because I don't want little girls watching or anything like that to lower their sights or anything in that direction. But for me, I feel that if that was in the scope of my ambition, it would chip away at my courage today, i think what happens a lot in politics is that people are so motivated to run for certain higher office that they compromise in fighting for people today. And the idea is that if you can be as clean of a slate or as blank of a slate, that it makes it easier for you to run for higher office later on.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chip away
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chip_Away
3. ^ ChatGPT
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