eat away

[eat away] {v.}

1. To rot, rust, or destroy.

* /Rust was eating away the pipe./

* /Cancer ate away the healthy flesh./

See: EAT OUT(2). 2. To gradually consume.

* /The ocean waves were gradually eating the volcanic rocks until they turned into black sand./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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