If one thing eats away another or eats away at another, it gradually destroys or uses it up.
Rot is eating away the interior of the house...
The recession is eating away at their revenues.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P at n
If one thing eats away another or eats away at another, it gradually destroys or uses it up.
Rot is eating away the interior of the house...
The recession is eating away at their revenues.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P at n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012