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to eat away at


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away
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Sense: Adjective: not present
Synonyms:
not present, absent Collocations, not here, not there, not in, out Collocations, off Collocations, gone Collocations, somewhere else, elsewhere Collocations, far afield, far off, far from home, faraway, at a distance, at arm's length, on leave, on holiday, on vacation, abroad Collocations, departed
Antonyms:
here Collocations, present Collocations, at hand, close Collocations, near Collocations, nearby Collocations, next to
Sense: Adjective: distant
Synonyms:
distant Collocations, remote Collocations, far Collocations, faraway, far-off, removed Collocations
Sense: Adverb: continuously
Synonyms:
continuously, on and on, on Collocations, repeatedly, incessantly, endlessly, relentlessly, without stopping, without rest, without end, without a break, tirelessly, ceaselessly
Antonyms:
intermittently, on and off, briefly Collocations, for a moment, momentarily, sporadically, on and off again, at times , sometimes
Sense: Adverb: in storage
Synonyms:
in storage, out of sight, out of the way


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