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English verb: eat on | |||
| 1. | eat on (emotion) worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way | ||
| Samples | What's eating you?. | ||
| Examples | The bad news will eat on him | ||
| Synonyms | eat | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | vex, worry | ||
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