eat away at
Upper Intermediate (B2)neutral
To slowly hurt, damage, or worry someone or something, little by little.
"Salt water was eating away at the iron hull of the old ship."
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BigDeal by Codie Sanchez · 12:29
And those small decisions, they eat away at your cognitive power.
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Eric Leckie DPT · 0:22
And that uncertainty is what really starts to eat away at you.
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Astrum · 16:56
Given enough time, the ocean will continue to eat away at the ice shell.
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Doctor Mike · 68:33
And then all, it's all those external forces that just eat away at it.
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Beauty Within · 22:48
I'm stressed." It's like it will start to eat away at different parts