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Definition of
eat away phrasal verb
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
eat away
phrasal verb
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eat something
away
to reduce or destroy something gradually
synonym
erode
The coastline is being eaten away year by year.
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eat away
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eat away at
eat away at somebody
eat away at something
Phrasal verbs
eat away at somebody
eat away at something
Nearby words
eat
verb
eatable
adjective
eat away
phrasal verb
eat away at
phrasal verb
eater
noun
trait
noun
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