Usually means: Gradually reduce or erode something.
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  1. chip away: Merriam-Webster
  2. chip away: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chip away: Vocabulary.com
  4. chip away: Wiktionary
  5. chip away: Dictionary.com
  6. chip away: Rhymezone
  7. chip away: FreeDictionary.org
  8. chip away: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. chip away: Idioms

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verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To reduce or weaken bit by bit; often used with at.

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