Eat On (Verb)
Meaning
Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- His constant complaints about the job were eating on his coworkers' nerves.
- Financial struggles had been eating on her for months, and she was exhausted.
- He tried to brush it off, but the memory of that day had been eating on him ever since.
- It was eating on her that she'd never see her family again if she made the move.
- Losing his best friend was eating on him and he couldn't shake off the sadness.