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eat away

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. erode, eat away, fretverb

    remove soil or rock

    "Rain eroded the terraces"

  2. fret, eat awayverb

    wear away or erode

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  1. eat awayverb

    Gradually to erode or corrode.

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  1. eat away

    "Eat away" is a phrase generally used to refer to the gradual destruction, deterioration, depletion or wearing down of something, often through a continuous or relentless process. This something can be physical, such as metal being corroded, or abstract, such as confidence being undermined. It can also mean to consume something over a period of time.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of eat away in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of eat away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of eat away in a Sentence

  1. Russell Wohl:

    The bacteria can then become opportunistic and literally start to eat away at your cornea, worst case scenario from that is loss of vision.

  2. Maude Gorman:

    Nobody saw the skit because we were backstage, but we could all hear it, i instantly knew I had to do something. It was going to eat away at me if I didn't... we were all shocked. We said,' Oh my god. I can not believe that just happened. Did that just really happen ?'.

  3. Herbert Butterfield:

    The academic mind can eat away the very basis of its own assurance ... produce contortions when it tries to bend over backward ... allow itself to be dismayed by the picture it has created of relentless historical process.

  4. Janelle Wong:

    If their goal is to eat away at the Democratic bloc and if the past is any indication, they could be successful.

  5. John Delury:

    America has played a certain role in Asia since 1945 ... that role has in the end of the day been a stabilizer, that's what being undermined here with a president who thrives on unpredictability ... it's going to eat away at the fundamental credibility of the US role in Asia.


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  • lahottaa, rapauttaa, kuluttaa, nakertaa, syövyttääFinnish
  • подмывать, выесть, подмыть, выедать, пожирать, пожратьRussian

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