eat away
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Verb
eat away (third-person singular simple present eats away, present participle eating away, simple past ate away, past participle eaten away)
- To erode or corrode gradually.
- The battery acid ate away at the metal until a large hole appeared.
- The river bank had been eaten away over the years by the flood water.
Derived terms
Translations
to erode or corrode gradually
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References
- “eat away”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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