Usually means: Gradually destroy or erode something.
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  1. eat away: Merriam-Webster
  2. eat away: Vocabulary.com
  3. eat away: Wiktionary
  4. eat away: Dictionary.com
  5. eat away: Rhymezone
  6. eat away: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. eat away: FreeDictionary.org
  8. eat away: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. eat away: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. eat away: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. eat away: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (eat away)

verb:  To physically corrode or erode (something) gradually.
verb:  (figurative)
verb:  To destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process.
verb:  (specifically) Chiefly followed by at: of a circumstance, incident, etc.: to cause (someone) to feel guilty, troubled, or worried; to bother.

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