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eat into

eat into verb: to consume gradually, especially by erosion.

Verb

eat into (third-person singular simple present eats into, present participle eating into, simple past ate into, past participle eaten into)

  1. To consume gradually, especially by erosion.
    • Rust ate into the old swords and armour.
    • The cost of these house repairs is eating into my savings.

Forms of eat into

third-person singular presenteats into
present participleeating into
pastate into
past participleeaten into

Questions about eat into

What does eat into mean?
Eat into means to consume gradually, especially by erosion.
What part of speech is eat into?
Eat into is a verb.
What is the past tense of eat into?
The past tense of eat into is ate into.

Words near eat into in the dictionary

  1. eat for two
  2. eat from someone's hand
  3. eat from the palm of someone's hand
  4. eat humble pie
  5. eat in
  6. eat into
  7. eat it
  8. eat lead
  9. eat like a bird
  10. eat like a horse
  11. eat like a pig

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