Eat away

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verb

To slowly destroy, use, or consume.

The acid began to eat away at the metal.
Visual representation of "eat away" - To slowly destroy, use, or consume.

Often appears as...

  • eat away at
  • eat away by
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Physical Damage

Often used to describe the damaging effect of something on anything physical, like materials.

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Salt can eat away at car paint over time.
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Gradual Process

The damage isn’t sudden but happens continuously over a period of time.

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Rust slowly began to eat away the old fence.
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Destructive Force

The phrase emphasizes the relentless and destructive nature of the action.

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Years of pollution have eaten away the ancient marble statues.
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