Translations for „eat away“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . eat away VB trans

1. eat away usu passive (erode) river, sea:

to eat sth ⇆ away

etw zerfressen [o. zersetzen]

to eat sth ⇆ away

etw auswaschen

to eat sth ⇆ away GEOL

etw abtragen [o. spec erodieren]

2. eat away MED:

to eat sth ⇆ away

etw zerfressen

3. eat away (ruin):

to eat sth ⇆ away

etw allmählich zerstören

II . eat away VB intr

1. eat away (erode) river, sea:

to eat away at sth

etw zerfressen [o. zersetzen]

to eat away at sth

an etw dat fressen

to eat away at sth

etw auswaschen

to eat away at sth GEOL

etw abtragen [o. spec erodieren]

2. eat away (undermine):

to eat away at sth

etw untergraben

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The bigger your online store gets the higher the costs will be and this will eat away at your profit margins.

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They eat away at one's being and reopen constantly.

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They eat away at trust and credibility -- for everyone.

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It is a statistic that doesn't eat away at him as it might some others.

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The parasite is contracted through sandfly bites and eat away at human immune cells until they're no longer strong enough to fight off bugs.

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What does one do when insects invade the kitchen or slugs eat away at the vegetable garden, yet we don't want to harm them?

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It's important to keep an eye on fees because they will eat away at returns over time.

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While that won't prevent snow from accumulating, it can eat away at some of the snow that falls.

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Once they were shaped, the chloroform would eat away at the thin styrene model parts, thus bonding them to the wooden understructure.

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It really does eat away at my soul.

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