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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life";
[syn: chip away, chip away at]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

chip away at
    v 1: remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are
         chipping away at the quality of life" [syn: chip away,
         chip away at]