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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

To eat into something

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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.

  • The object is not completely eaten; fragments or surface areas only are removed.
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The object is not completely eaten; fragments or surface areas only are removed.
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