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eat (away) at someone
Fig. [for a problem] to trouble someone constantly. The nasty situation at work began to eat away at me. Nagging worries ate at me day and night.
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eat (away) at something

Fig. to erode something. The acid ate away at the metal floor. Fingers have a mild acid that eats at the metal of the door handle.
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--Agno, let the killing of the dogs begin so that the canoe-men shall eat at due time.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
Here she sat, nothing to eat at home, her love-husband changed to a brute beast and lying in jail, her arms and heart empty of the babe that would have been there if only the stupid ones had not made a shambles of her front yard in their wrangling over jobs.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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