'V at n' - Construction 10
| Name: | the chip away at construction |
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| Description: | An entity gradually erodes something. |
| Verbs: | chip away, eat away, nibble away, whittle away |
| Example: | [The wind] ate away at his strength. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative contact; direction; action |
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