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: Protesters, who have hit the streets of Hong Kong in their millions, say they are motivated by years of Beijing chipping away at the city’s freedoms since it was handed back to China by Britain in 1997.
This word is present in The Hindu International Page article China warns U.S. of retaliation if punished for Hong Kong law and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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