claw away
claw away
1. To scratch or tear continuously with or as with claws. The kitten looked so cute, but it clawed away at my face the moment I picked it up.
2. To remove or tear away something with a violent tearing action, as with claws. A noun or pronoun can be used between "claw" and "away." The children clawed away the wrapping paper on their presents.
3. obsolete To berate, rebuke, or criticize someone very harshly or scornfully. A noun or pronoun can be used between "claw" and "away." I'd say that you were fully deserving of that clawing away, given your reprehensible behavior.
See also: away, claw
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- (one's) claws are showing
- claw
- one's claws are showing
- sex kitten
- be nestled (up) into (something or some place)
- peer out at
- peer out at (someone or something)
- claw back
- cute as a bug's ear
- (as) cute as a bug's ear