1fret 1 a : to eat or gnaw into : CORRODE; also : FRAY b : RUB, CHAFE c : to make by wearing away a substance the stream fretted a channel intransitive verb 1 a : to eat into something [M-W's Col.Dic.]
What is the purpose of using into in the bold expressions?
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The object is not completely eaten; fragments or surface areas only are removed.
— Mister Micawber
The object is not completely eaten; fragments or surface areas only are removed.
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