Usually means: Gradually erode or consume something.
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  1. eat away at, eat away at: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. eat away at: Wiktionary
  3. eat away at: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. eat away at: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. eat away at: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (eat away at)

verb:  (transitive) To erode.
verb:  (transitive) To consume or use up, erode or wear away gradually.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to feel uneasy, troubled, worried, guilty, or vexed; to bother about something.

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