pick away at (English, verb)
expansion: pick away at (third-person singular simple present picks away at, present participle picking away at, simple past and past participle picked away at)
Senses:
glosses: To continually or inexorably harm someone; to continue to do harm; to needle over time; to weaken someone over time.
Forms:
form: picks away at
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: picking away at
tags: participle
present
form: picked away at
tags: participle
past
form: picked away at
tags: past