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English verb: eat into | |||
| 1. | eat into (emotion) gnaw into; make resentful or angry | ||
| Samples | The injustice rankled her. His resentment festered. | ||
| Examples | The bad news will eat into him | ||
| Synonyms | fret, grate, rankle | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex | ||
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