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Definition of Chip away at
1. Verb. Remove or withdraw gradually:. "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chip Away At
Literary usage of Chip away at
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmaceutical Patent Issues: Interpreting Gatt: Congressional Hearings by Orrin G. Hatch (2000)
"... Congress is considering changes to existing law that would chip away at patent
protections in the United States, and possibly around the world. ..."
2. Jury And The Search For Truth: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1998)
"This professionalism would go out the window, however, if law enforcement officers
could use their ignorance to chip away at Fourth Amendment protections. ..."
3. The Small Hands of Slavery: bonded child labor in India by Human Rights Watch/Asia (1996)
"Such outreach to the community as a whole is necessary in order to chip away at
the thick web of myths and justifications that support the exploitation of ..."
4. Prussia in Transition: Society and Politics Under the Stein Reform Ministry by Marion W. Gray (1986)
"... society.29 Some time before the Stein-Hardenberg party formed as a cohesive
group, Prussian leaders had begun to chip away at local guild institutions. ..."
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