__ away at; erode

I believe the answer is:

eat

(Other definitions for eat that I've seen before include "Take food" , "Ingest" , "Make food disappear" , "tolerate in diet" , "Bit, chew and swallow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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