Today’s “Word of the Day” is “chip away at“ and it is a phrasal verb meaning “to gradually make something weaker or less effective; to remove, withdraw or destroy something gradually”.
Example Sentence: Self-interest has been amplified, not because its reasonable, but because journalism craves conflict, and capital versus labour is a classic conflict story,… Lost in the alleged impending (forthcoming) workplace apocalypse (disaster/tragedy) is the serious problem the government is trying to chip away at. What was that problem again? Wages are not keeping pace with inflation, and weren’t even before inflation spiked, and that’s bad for households and the economy.
This word is present in Hyperventilation around the workplace overhaul feels like a curtain raiser for Labor’s next thought crime – cutting emissions and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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