Phrasal VerbBriathra Frásacha1slowly destroytransitiveaistreachcnaíghverbcmucreimverbcmuthe disease eats away at the nervous systemcnaíonn an galar an néarchóras2diminishtransitiveaistreachídighverbcmulaghdaighverbcmucreimverbcmuit was eating away at her confidencebhí sé ag creimeadh a cuid féinmhuiníne, bhí sé ag baint dá féinmhuinín3worrytransitiveaistreachcráighverbcmuciapverbcmuthat's still eating away at hertá sí cráite aige sin fós, tá sé sin ag déanamh tinnis di go fóillit'll eat away at you that you didn't gobeidh tú cráite de bhrí nach ndeachaigh tú→ eat