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Значение идиомы eat away
[eat away] {v.} 1. To rot, rust, or destroy.
Rust was eatingaway the pipe.
Cancer ate away the healthy flesh.
See: EATOUT. 2. To gradually consume.
The ocean waves were graduallyeating the volcanic rocks until they turned into black sand.
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