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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 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

get on your nerves

drive up the wall

get in your hair

be on your back

rub up the wrong way

give someone grief

drive round the bend

give a hard time

give someone the hump

get under your skin

drive round the twist

get your back up

make someone see red

make your blood boil

get your dander up

make somebody's hackles rise

breathe down someone's neck

ruffle one's feathers

rub the wrong way

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

get on one's nerves

run up the wrong way

be a nuisance to

try your patience

be a thorn in someone's flesh

get your hackles up

get someone's wick

be in someone's hair

bring pressure to bear on

put pressure on

get across someone

stick in one's craw

set one's teeth on edge

cause resentment to

cause annoyance to

give a bad time

rattle one's cage

drive to distraction

get on your wick

be on the back of

give someone the pip

put your back up

put someone's nose out of joint

raise your hackles

hit where one lives

take the mickey

make a monkey of

poke mullock at

pull someone's leg

make jokes about

take the piss out of

be sarcastic about

cause suffering to

bend someone's ear

discriminate against

cause trouble to

weigh heavily on

make things hot for someone

throw off balance

be on one's case

find fault with

drive you up the wall

cause anguish to

get on someone's back

get on someone's case

punish unfairly

give the business

make it hot for someone

cause anxiety to

take advantage of

keep complaining to

be a great weight on

put someone off their stroke

weigh heavily on one's mind

hurt somebody's feelings

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

cause someone to lose their composure

cause concern to

cause discomfort to

cut to the quick

make uncomfortable

make someone fed up

rub you up the wrong way

give someone hell

be prejudiced against

show antagonism to

breath down someone's neck

show ill will towards

feel ill will towards

bear a grudge towards

get on the nerves of

get in the hair of

be in someone's way

play cat and mouse

put through wringer

rub salt in wound

search high heaven

push someon's buttons

get the knife into

stick the knife into

put the squeeze on

arouse hostility in

jump on one's case

be the victim of

arouse anxiety in

make it tough for

break one's heart

upset the applecart

give the needle

hit a sour note

put a damper on

break the heart of

put into a funk

come back to haunt

work into lather

send into a rage

take a rise out of

get a rise out of

be a weight on one's mind

have had enough

make discontented

exhaust someone's patience

try the patience of

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

mess with someone's head

do someone's head in

cause someone distress

make demands on

make severe demands on

put a strain on

shout catcalls at

bust someone's balls

catch off balance

do an injustice to

throw into tizzy

have your knife into

give no quarter

lay a bad trip on

step on the toes of

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

make despondent

take the heart out of

cause to feel emotional strain

cause to feel mental strain

put in traction

push to the limit

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

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

be detrimental to

put the kibosh on

bring to naught

put in jeopardy

expose to danger

leave vulnerable

pose a threat to

cause detriment to

be prejudicial to

have a bad effect on

have a negative effect on

be disadvantageous to

put a damper on

be deleterious to

put out of commission

make a Horlicks of

make unattractive

do something badly

lay on the line

reduce to rubble

put out of joint

leave defenseless

make a pig's ear of

put someone's life on the line

be a blot on the landscape

pull the rug out from under

throw a monkey wrench into

put out of action

be careless with

subject to loss

cause the loss of

cause the sacrifice of

result in harm to

have a negative impact on

run onto the rocks

damage beyond repair

result in damage to

lead to the end of

knock off balance

take the edge off

sap the strength of

exert influence on

have an effect on

have an impact on

put on the line

leave unprotected

strike at the foundations

knock the stuffing out of

bring to an end

rain on someone's parade

throw a spanner in the works

reduce to nothing

bring to nothing

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

treat sacrilegiously

wreak havoc upon

treat with disrespect

commit sacrilege

commit sacrilege against

blaspheme against

make a botch of

make a nonsense of

place a limit on

cause injury to

raze to the ground

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

sap your strength

wear to a frazzle

confine to a wheelchair

bring someone to their knees

deprive of force

remove the sting from

reduce the powers of

reduce the power of

pull the teeth of

put on the sick list

wear oneself to a shadow

wear oneself to a frazzle

run into the ground

take the edge off

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Noun

An act or instance of nibbling

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