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Meanings of chew away in English

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Usage of chew away in English
1
I took fright, and began to chew away at the pork.
In Those Days: The Story of an Old Man
2
He tried to chew away the chains, until his beak became chipped and cracked.
The dark griffin
3
The bones, since we had them, we would scorch in the fire at night, and chew away at them.
A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador
4
Inevitably, crooks and conman tried to chew away at his assets, aided by corrupt prosecutors and a man with a grenade launcher.
The Guardian
5
I put a piece in my mouth, and chewed away at it.
Dick Onslow Among the Redskins
6
Fear lives inside him anyway, chewing away the firewalls around his heart.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
7
Jonas saw Dearborn's sombrero rise from his head, its brim chewed away.
Wizard and glass
8
Most of all he recalls the shame that chews away at his heart.
The Irish Times
9
And now she'd just ripped open a packet of bagels and started chewing away.
Slow decay
10
Prince growled and chewed away at the piece of cloth.
Frank Merriwell's Races
11
The 550-volt cable fell, spitting blue fire, into the rollers and was chewed away.
Night Shift
12
It bled out, while its attacker was still chewing away.'
Slow decay
13
Her face had been ripped off, her eyes torn out, her throat chewed away.
Fears Unnamed
14
Food and drink megabrands are seeing their sales chewed away by smaller, nimbler, cooler rivals.
Reuters
15
We went around chewing away at those rinds of hams, and we sure liked them.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
16
His lower lip was chewed away so that his teeth jutted in a grim grin.
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