Eat away

Verb

Definiciones

1.VerbTo physically corrode or erode (something) gradually.

"The river bank had been eaten away over the years by the flood water."

2.VerbTo destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process.

"The guilt of having lied was eating away at him.; Not confessing that I had stolen the money ate away at me until I could no longer sleep."

3.VerbTo destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process.

4.VerbChiefly followed by at: of a circumstance, incident, etc.: to cause (someone) to feel guilty, troubled, or worried; to bother (see eat away at).

"The guilt of having lied was eating away at him.; Not confessing that I had stolen the money ate away at me until I could no longer sleep."

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