"claw away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: claws away [present, singular, third-person], clawing away [participle, present], clawed away [participle, past], clawed away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} claw away (third-person singular simple present claws away, present participle clawing away, simple past and past participle clawed away)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) Synonym of claw (“to rail, revile, or scold (someone or something)”) Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms: claw [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-claw_away-en-verb-1FAXl495 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

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