Definitions for chip away at
chip away at

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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 away at

   "Chip away at" is a phrase meaning to gradually and persistently decrease or undermine something over a period of time. It could also mean to make small, incremental progress on a larger task or goal.

How to pronounce chip away at?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chip away at in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chip away at in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of chip away at in a Sentence

1. Doug Berman:

   This case itself won't change things, but it's the first of many that starts to chip away at the idea that criminalization is the way to address problematic substance abuse, the courts haven't kept up with the science itself. It's time.

2. Attorney General Xavier Becerra:

   Make no mistake, this attack on California is just one more attempt to chip away at reproductive rights and access to abortion.

3. Paul Dergarabedian:

   We're starting to chip away at the summer deficit, maybe with' Suicide Squad' opening, we'll see the end to all this volatility.

4. Robert Jenkins:

   The single greatest risk to financial stability remains excessive leverage in the banking system, some regulators continue to chip away at leverage. The banking lobby is chipping away at the chipping away, and the banking lobby is winning.

5. 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.

References

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