"chip away" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [英语]

Audio: en-au-chip away.ogg Forms: chips away, chipping away, chipped away
  1. 一点点地削减,一点点地削弱 (常带at) Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: plug away, beaver away
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