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eat off

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eat something off (of) something and eat something off
to erode something off a larger part. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) The acidic rain ate the finish off the steeple. The acid ate off the finish.
See also: eat


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He left my brother in a cane field for rodents to eat off him," said Chris Barabin, sister of victim Chris Deville.
In some cases, the individual will eat off and on all day long.
You eat off paper plates, and if you want to know which of the stalls sells the best seafood, then look at the longest queues.
 
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