- chip away
- • /vt/ откалывать• 1) /vt/ откалывать; 2) /in passive/ отколотый; 3) /in passive/ урезанный
Англо-русский словарь компьютерных и интернет терминов. 2013.
Англо-русский словарь компьютерных и интернет терминов. 2013.
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 at — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you chip away at something such as an idea, a feeling, or a system, you gradually make it weaker or less likely to succeed by repeated efforts. [V P P n] Instead of an outright coup attempt, the rebels want to chip away at her… … English 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 — verb To reduce or weaken bit by bit. Iraneus contrasts the unity and integrity of these writings with the distorted, contextless citations of the Gnostics. He describes the code of textual harassment that allows these heretics to chip away at the … Wiktionary
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chip away at — chipping away at their defenses Syn: erode, wear down, wear away, whittle down, corrode, gnaw away at … Thesaurus of popular words
chip away at — gradually and relentlessly make (something) smaller or weaker: → chip … English new terms 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