eat into (something)

1. To take away or use up a large amount of resources over a certain period of time. Changing voter demographics have been eating into the party's traditionally strong hold on state politics. Don't eat into your savings to pay for that fancy new smart phone.

2. To erode, corrode, or slowly consume something. Rising acidity in the ocean has caused it to start eating into the hulls of our ships.

词组	eat into (something)
释义	eat into (something) eat into (something) 1. To take away or use up a large amount of resources over a certain period of time. Changing voter demographics have been eating into the party's traditionally strong hold on state politics. Don't eat into your savings to pay for that fancy new smart phone. 2. To erode, corrode, or slowly consume something. Rising acidity in the ocean has caused it to start eating into the hulls of our ships. See also: eat Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: eat for two eating What’s eating someone? eat (away) at (someone's) conscience have somebody eating out of your hand have someone eating out of your hand have (someone) eating out of (one's) hand have (someone) eating out of the palm of (one's) hand draw an inference on a diet
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