eat into
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb eat into has 1 sense
- eat into(v = verb.emotion) fret, grate, rankle - gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
is one way to
annoy,
bother,
chafe,
devil,
get at,
get to,
gravel,
irritate,
nark,
nettle,
rag,
rile,
vex
Sample sentence:
The bad news will eat into him
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