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picked away at

picked away at is the simple past and past participle of pick away at.

Meaning of pick away at

Verb

pick away at (third-person singular simple present picks away at, present participle picking away at, simple past and past participle picked away at)

  1. To continually or inexorably harm someone; to continue to do harm; to needle over time; to weaken someone over time.

Questions about picked away at

What is picked away at the simple past and past participle of?
Picked away at is the simple past and past participle of pick away at.

Words near picked away at in the dictionary

  1. picked and chose
  2. picked and chosen
  3. picked and passed
  4. picked apart
  5. picked at
  6. picked away at
  7. picked bids off the wall
  8. picked corners
  9. picked fault
  10. picked fights
  11. picked flowers

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