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  • 11eat 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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  • 12eat\ 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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  • 13eat away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms eat away : present tense I/you/we/they eat away he/she/it eats away present participle eating away past tense ate away past participle eaten away eat away or eat into to gradually destroy something Within a… …

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  • 14eat away — PHRASAL VERB If one thing eats away another or eats away at another, it gradually destroys or uses it up. [V P n (not pron)] Water pours through the roof, encouraging rot to eat away the interior of the house... [V P at n] The recession is eating …

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  • 15wearing away — noun (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) • Syn: ↑erosion, ↑eroding, ↑eating away, ↑wearing • Derivationally related forms: ↑wear away, ↑erode …

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  • 16eat away at — {v. phr.} To psychologically gnaw at; to worry someone. * /Fear of the comprehensive examination was eating away at Sam./ …

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  • 17eat away at — {v. phr.} To psychologically gnaw at; to worry someone. * /Fear of the comprehensive examination was eating away at Sam./ …

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  • 18eat\ away\ at — v. phr. To psychologically gnaw at; to worry someone. Fear of the comprehensive examination was eating away at Sam …

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  • 19eat away — rot, erode, destroy The mildew has been eating away at the window frame all summer …

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  • 20Miles Copeland (Home and Away) — Miles Copeland Home and Away character Portrayed by Josh Quong Tart Jackson Edwards (Flashback) Ryley Mickle (Flashback) Introduced by J …

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