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Contraposition Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Move on

Donald Trump just can't let it go. Even with a comfortable electoral college victory over Hillary Clinton last November, his three-million-vote deficit to his Democratic presidential opponent clearly is eating at him. It's an open wound on his psyche that leaves him looking for someone to blame.
How else to explain the president's continued allegations that undocumented immigrants cast millions of illegal votes for his opponent, despite no supporting evidence?
It would be in Mr Trump's interest to simply move on. Or, if he truly feels his concerns are legitimate, to announce a robust effort to investigate what would easily be the biggest electoral heist in US history.

What do 'eating at' and 'move on' mean?
  

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Eating at him means bothering him, making him unhappy. Move on means stop worrying about something, treat it as something that is in the past and doesn't matter any more.

  • Eating at him means bothering him, making him unhappy.
  • Move on means stop worrying about something, treat it as something that is in the past and doesn't matter any more.
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Eating at him means bothering him, making him unhappy.
Move on means stop worrying about something, treat it as something that is in the past and doesn't matter any more.

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