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chip away

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Princeton's WordNet

  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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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. Robert Jenkins:

    Some regulators continue to chip away at leverage. The banking lobby is chipping away at the chipping away, and the banking lobby is winning.

  2. 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.

  3. Bob Previdi:

    I don't see where this ends. I see this as continuing to chip away at the foundation of our school system.

  4. Carol Anderson:

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

  5. 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.


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