Akademik

chip away at

verb

remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life"

• Syn: ↑chip away

• Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

Useful english dictionary. 2012.