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chipping away
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Chipping Sparrow — Adult in breeding plumage Conservation status … Wikipedia
Chipping Warden — Coordinates: 52°08′10″N 1°16′19″W / 52.136°N 1.272°W / 52.136; 1.272 … Wikipedia
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Chipping — Chip Chip (ch[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chipped} (ch[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chipping}.] [Cf. G. kippen to cut off the edge, to clip, pare. Cf. {Chop} to cut.] 1. To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chip away at — chipping away at their defenses Syn: erode, wear down, wear away, whittle down, corrode, gnaw away at … Thesaurus of popular words
chipping — The action of tearing away small bits or flakes of paint or of rubber from the tread of a tire. When larger pieces of rubber tear away, it is called chunking … Dictionary of automotive terms
chip away — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms chip away : present tense I/you/we/they chip away he/she/it chips away present participle chipping away past tense chipped away past participle chipped away 1) to gradually make something weaker,… … English dictionary
chip away — v. (d; intr.) to chip away at (to chip away at a rock; the police kept chipping away at their alibi) * * * [ tʃɪpə weɪ] (d; intr.) to chip away at (to chip away at a rock; the police kept chip awayping away at their alibi) … Combinatory dictionary
chip away — verb remove or withdraw gradually: These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life • Syn: ↑chip away at • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
chip away at — verb remove or withdraw gradually: These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life • Syn: ↑chip away • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw • Verb Frames: Somebo … Useful english dictionary
chip away at something — ˌchip aˈway at sth derived to keep breaking small pieces off sth • He was chipping away at the stone. • (figurative) They chipped away at the power of the government (= gradually made it weaker) … Useful english dictionary
