eat (something) off
eat (something) off
To erode or wear something away. A very corrosive substance must have eaten off this part of the pipe.
See also: eat, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
eat something off (of) something
and eat something offto erode something off a larger part. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) The acidic rain ate the finish off the steeple. The acid ate off the finish.
See also: eat, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- be off for (something)
- be off for sth
- browned off
- breeze off
- auction off
- blast off for (somewhere)
- blast off for somewhere
- cadge (something) off (someone)
- cadge something off someone
- bum off