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Meanings of
eat away
in English
Portuguese
erodir
Catalan
desgastar
Spanish
desgastarse
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Remove soil or rock.
fret
erode
Portuguese
erodir
Usage of
eat away
in English
1
An excess of carbonic acid in water will also
eat
away
lead.
2
Bitterness may
eat
away
the heart, but it does not melt it.
3
He tried to drink and
eat
away
his grief, to no avail.
4
If he speaks falsely, eat off his tongue,
eat
away
his mouth.
5
You think that doesn't
eat
away
at a man over the years.
6
The caustic gases seeping into the systems would
eat
away
more seals.
7
Its particle beam ignited and began to
eat
away
at her cover.
8
From there, they would
eat
away
at him from the inside out.
9
Woodpeckers
eat
away
the wooden cross-pieces on the iron towers with disheartening rapidity.
10
This would
eat
away
the fuel, and automatically widen the path.
11
She expects to
eat
away
at Cyril Ramaphosa's lead in the coming weeks.
12
I have seen dragon-spray
eat
away
an entire mainsail in under a minute.
13
Misty's decision or not, he thought the guilt would
eat
away
at him.
14
From here on, their pursuers would steadily
eat
away
the distance between them.
15
As I lay there ruminating, the injustice began to
eat
away
at me.
16
You burrow in like a termite and
eat
away
at other people's lives.
Other examples for "eat away"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
eat
away
eat
Verb
Adverb
Translations for
eat away
Portuguese
erodir
corroer
Catalan
desgastar
desgastar-se
erosionar-se
corroir-se
rosegar
raure
Spanish
desgastarse
raer
erosionarse
Eat away
through the time
Eat away
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common