eat away at

eat a·way at

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [eet uh-wey at]
- /it əˈweɪ æt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [eet uh-wey at]
- /it əˈweɪ æt/

Definitions of eat away at words

transitivephrasal verb eat away at worry 1
transitivephrasal verb eat away at erode 1

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Parts of speech for Eat away at

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Eat away at

eat away at popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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