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Jesús Román León
What is the meaning of "eat away (+ at)" ?
The damp has gradually eaten away the wooden floorboards.
Mar 14, 2017 5:03 AM
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"eat away" means gradually damage or destroy something. Here, the "damp" is slowly destroying the wooden floorboards.
March 14, 2017
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