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To bite at or nibble something, especially persistently

To gradually erode or wear down

To cause persistent distress or anxiety

To cause to become angry

To take small bites or nibbles at or out of

To be, or cause to be, painful

To cause damage or harm to

To physically debilitate or weaken

An act or instance of nibbling

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Verb

To bite at or nibble something, especially persistently

sink your teeth into

strike together

take a chunk out of

take nourishment

make short work of

feed one's face

make a pig of oneself

get one's laughing gear round

stuff one's face with

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“His appetite was gone, and he watched the dog gnaw the ham he had given it.”

Verb

To gradually erode or wear down

wear threadbare

become threadbare

become tattered

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“Wind, water and weather constantly gnaw away at the surface of the earth, eroding rock into small fragments which are washed away into rivers and carried into the seas.”

Verb

To cause persistent distress or anxiety

prey on your mind

be a weight on someone's mind

weigh heavily on someone's mind

give a hard time

drive up the wall

be on your back

give someone grief

drive round the bend

breathe down someone's neck

drive round the twist

get in your hair

get on your nerves

be a nuisance to

be in someone's hair

put pressure on

bring pressure to bear on

give a bad time

rattle one's cage

take the mickey

pull someone's leg

make jokes about

take the piss out of

be sarcastic about

make a monkey of

poke mullock at

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“The recurring doubts and uncertainties gnaw away at his mind and imagination.”

Verb

To cause to become angry

get on your nerves

cause annoyance to

cause resentment to

rub up the wrong way

give someone the hump

get under your skin

get your back up

get in your hair

drive up the wall

make someone see red

rub the wrong way

get on one's nerves

make your blood boil

make somebody's hackles rise

get your dander up

ruffle one's feathers

be on your back

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

try your patience

be a thorn in someone's flesh

get your hackles up

get someone's wick

run up the wrong way

get across someone

stick in one's craw

set one's teeth on edge

drive to distraction

give someone grief

be on the back of

get on your wick

drive round the twist

give someone the pip

drive round the bend

put your back up

put someone's nose out of joint

raise your hackles

hit where one lives

give a hard time

send into a rage

drive you up the wall

cut to the quick

rub you up the wrong way

hurt somebody's feelings

rattle one's cage

throw off balance

breathe down someone's neck

be a pain in the neck

give offence to

be a thorn in someone's side

get a rise out of

be on one's case

try the patience of

make you see red

push one's buttons

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

take the mickey

rattle someone's chain

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

upset the applecart

get on the nerves of

take the piss out of

hit a sour note

push someon's buttons

be like a red rag to a bull

arouse hostility in

get in the hair of

work into lather

take a rise out of

lose one's temper

cause suffering

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

arouse anxiety in

cause suffering to

make it tough for

cause anguish to

shout catcalls at

make someone fed up

search high heaven

be a nuisance to

mess with someone's head

weigh heavily on one's mind

do someone's head in

cause anxiety to

be a great weight on

have had enough

make discontented

exhaust someone's patience

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

put through wringer

be disagreeable

tread on someone's toes

be an affront to

give the cold shoulder

bend someone's ear

get on someone's case

put someone off their stroke

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into tizzy

discriminate against

give a bad time

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Verb

To take small bites or nibbles at or out of

Verb

To be, or cause to be, painful

be uncomfortable

give someone gyp

give someone trouble

cause discomfort

be excruciating

cause discomfort to

have gooseflesh

have goosebumps

have pins and needles

have a creeping sensation

have goose pimples

make something itch

make something smart

make something tingle

have goose bumps

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Verb

To cause damage or harm to

play havoc with

play merry hell with

drive a nail into the coffin of

deliver a blow to

be detrimental to

put the kibosh on

bring to naught

put in jeopardy

expose to danger

leave vulnerable

pose a threat to

put out of action

cause detriment to

be prejudicial to

have a bad effect on

have a negative effect on

put a damper on

be disadvantageous to

be deleterious to

put out of commission

make unattractive

lay on the line

reduce to rubble

leave defenseless

put someone's life on the line

be a blot on the landscape

throw a monkey wrench into

pull the rug out from under

distort the shape of

bend out of shape

be careless with

subject to loss

cause the loss of

cause the sacrifice of

result in harm to

strike at the foundations

have a negative impact on

run onto the rocks

damage beyond repair

result in damage to

lead to the end of

exert influence on

have an effect on

have an impact on

take the edge off

sap the strength of

put on the line

leave unprotected

bring to an end

rain on someone's parade

knock the stuffing out of

throw a spanner in the works

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

reduce to nothing

bring to nothing

wreak havoc upon

treat sacrilegiously

cause injury to

treat with disrespect

commit sacrilege

commit sacrilege against

blaspheme against

place a limit on

raze to the ground

become deformed

go out of shape

become distorted

become misshapen

be violent toward

place in danger

put under suspicion

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Verb

To physically debilitate or weaken

sap the strength of

put out of action

wear to a frazzle

sap your strength

confine to a wheelchair

bring someone to their knees

deprive of force

remove the sting from

reduce the powers of

have a negative effect on

have a bad effect on

rain on someone's parade

reduce the power of

put on the sick list

be detrimental to

put out of commission

cause detriment to

throw a monkey wrench into

take the edge off

put the kibosh on

wear oneself to a shadow

wear oneself to a frazzle

tire yourself out

wear yourself out

run into the ground

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Noun

An act or instance of nibbling

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