Übersetzung für 'to chip away at sth' von Englisch nach Deutsch

to chip away at sth.

an etw.^Dat. herummeißeln

an etw.^Dat. nagen [auch fig.]

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to chip away at sth. [e. g. self-confidence]

an etw.^Dat. kratzen [z. B. Selbstvertrauen]idiom

to chip away at sth. [fig.]

etw. reduzieren

etw. verringern

to chip away at sth. [fig.] [a system, sb.'s authority]

etw.^Akk. unterminieren [fig.] [ein System, jds. Autorität]

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to chip away at sb.'s image

jdn. demontieren [fig.]idiom

jds. Image ankratzenidiom

to eat away at sth.

etw. abtragen [erodieren]geol.

to toil away at sth.

an etw.^Dat. laborieren

to gnaw away at sth.

etw. annagen

an etw.^Dat. nagen

to sweat away at sth.

sich^Akk. (mit etw.^Dat.) abrackern [ugs.] [schuften]

to scrape away (at sth.)

(an etw.^Dat.) herumkratzen

to plug away at sth. [coll.]

sich^Akk. mit etw.^Dat. abrackern [ugs.]

to hammer (away) at sth. [idiom]

eifrig an etw.^Dat. arbeiten

to slog away at sth. [coll.]

sich^Akk. mit etw.^Dat. abplagen

to labour away at sth. [Br.]

an etw.^Dat. laborieren

to soldier away at sth. [coll.]

an etw.^Dat. bosseln [ugs.]

to hammer away at sb./sth. [coll.]

auf jdm./etw. herumhacken [ugs.]

to slog away at / on sth. [coll.]

sich mit etw.^Dat. abmühen

to eat away at sth. [corrosion etc.]

an etw.^Dat. fressen [Rost etc.]

to beaver away at making sth. [coll.]

an etw.^Dat. bosseln [ugs.]

to eat away at sb./sth. [expression]

an jdm./etw. nagen [fig.]

to blaze away at sb./sth. [soldiers, guns]

auf jdn./etw. drauflosfeuern

to whittle away at sth. [gradually reduce it]

etw. allmählich reduzieren

• The Angels scored one run in the first off of an effective but inefficient Daisuke Matsuzaka and continued to chip away at Boston's lead throughout the game.
• Jacobs was called an “icon in the Valley sports arena who still has a lot of fans” as KQFN looked to chip away at market share typically dominated by KMVP-FM Arizona Sports.
• Dan Fouts found Ron Smith for a 39-yard touchdown five plays later, and the Chargers began to chip away at the lead.
• del Villar declared that with factions in Bolivia seemingly attempting to chip away at the unity of Bolivia and the Church plays a role in maintaining said unity.
• In the mid-1970s FM rock stations started to chip away at AM radio's Top 40 audiences.

• These mafia-networks began to chip away at upper caste control over state institutions.
• Not until 1837 when another canon curiously began to chip away at the plaster was the tympanum discovered.
• But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat.
• An increasingly large local Hispanic population and the rise of Hip Hop helped to chip away at the heritage rock station.
• On May 30, Wexton received the "Washington Post"s much-coveted endorsement, which argued the case that Wexton was "best qualified and also the one most likely to chip away at partisan gridlock in Washington" and that she was a candidate who "can win a tough election and then rack up genuine accomplishments while remaining true to progressive values."

• Foord resigned as weeknight presenter on 5 December 2008 After Andrew Lofthouse and Melissa Downes took over as the chief co-presenters in mid-2009, "Nine News Queensland" would start to chip away at Seven's lead, and by 2013 they would reclaim its mantle as the top-rating news bulletin in Brisbane.
• The elaborate plan included the construction of a tunnel from a nearby house to the prison, and involved the help of a mason to chip away at bricks and a seven-year-old girl to serve as a decoy.
• Under this format, it was the first permanent competitor to attempt to chip away at the African-American audience enjoyed by heritage urban station WVEE.
• How the petroglyphs were created is not known. One possibility is that hard volcanic rock was used to chip away at the softer carbonate formations on the boulders.
• Kansas traveled to Nebraska hoping to chip away at the big series lead held by the Cornhuskers, and were initially successful in shutting down Nebraska as both teams were held off the scoreboard throughout the first half.

• By 2006, the website was noted for engaging teenagers, and was beginning to chip away at the dominance of MySpace, according to OMMA online media magazine.
• dolerite balls to chip away at the granite. Dynamite was used in the carving of Mount Rushmore, one of the few colossal sculptures that was carved out of granite.
• A paintbrush may be used to mark cubes that definitely will remain in the image (which also prevents them from being broken accidentally), or a hammer to chip away at the unnecessary cubes.