wear away at

wear away at someone or something

to annoy or diminish someone or something. Facing the same problems year after year was wearing away at the president of the company. The rain wore away at the stone through time.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Siva	-	Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam
Oakes	[əukəz]
Castle	['ka:sl]
Calum	KAL-um	Scottish
ČEdomir	CHE-do-meer (Croatian)	Serbian, Croatian
Kilian	KEE-lee-ahn (German)	German, Irish, French