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: Central banks glibly (cleverly & casually) characterised inflation as transitory (temporary), even as they persisted with “quantitative easing”… The price of getting inflation wrong is eroded credibility. Bumbling (acting in a confused way) through stubborn inflation chipped away at central banks’ credibility. Bringing inflation under control is a tougher task when a central bank acquires reputation for being soft.
This word is present in The Hindu article The U.S. Fed’s long shadow on central banks around the world and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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