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Eat away at

To erode.

📖 Definitions of "Eat away at"

verb
  1. 1

    To erode.

    "The river is eating away at the river bank."

  2. 2

    To consume or use up, erode or wear away gradually.

    "The expenses ate away at our profits."

  3. 3

    To cause to feel uneasy, troubled, worried, guilty, or vexed; to bother about something.

    "Not confessing that I had stolen the money ate away at me until I could no longer sleep."

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