eat off

eat something off (of) something

and eat something off

to erode something off a larger part. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) The acidic rain ate the finish off the steeple. The acid ate off the finish.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chike	-	Western African, Igbo
Georgy	gye-OR-gee, gee-OR-gee	Russian
Cavan	-	English
Louisa	loo-EEZ-ə (English), loo-EES-ə (English)	English, German, Dutch
Tsholofelo	-	Southern African, Tswana
MÁIrÍN	MOI-reen, MAW-reen	Irish