eat away at somebody

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• eat — W1S1 [i:t] v past tense ate [et, eıt US eıt] past participle eaten [ˈi:tn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(meal)¦ 3 eat your words 4 eat your heart out 5 eat somebody alive/eat somebody for breakfast 6¦(use)¦ 7 eat humble pie …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• eat out — verb eat at a restaurant or at somebody else s home • Syn: ↑dine out • Ant: ↑eat in • Hypernyms: ↑eat • Verb Frames: Somebody s …   Useful english dictionary

• eat into — verb gnaw into; make resentful or angry The injustice rankled her his resentment festered • Syn: ↑fret, ↑rankle, ↑grate • Hypernyms: ↑annoy, ↑rag, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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• eat up — verb 1. finish eating all the food on one s plate or on the table (Freq. 2) She polished off the remaining potatoes • Syn: ↑finish, ↑polish off • Hypernyms: ↑eat • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• put away — verb 1. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape (Freq. 2) The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend She locked her jewels in the safe • Syn: ↑lock in, ↑lock away, ↑lock, ↑shut up, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• take away — verb 1. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (Freq. 5) Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away… …   Useful english dictionary

• tuck away — verb eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food My son tucked in a whole pizza • Syn: ↑tuck in, ↑put away • Hypernyms: ↑eat up, ↑finish, ↑polish off • …   Useful english dictionary

• fritter away — verb spend frivolously and unwisely Fritter away one s inheritance • Syn: ↑fritter, ↑frivol away, ↑dissipate, ↑shoot, ↑fool, ↑fool away • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• frivol away — verb spend frivolously and unwisely Fritter away one s inheritance • Syn: ↑fritter, ↑dissipate, ↑shoot, ↑fritter away, ↑fool, ↑fool away • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary