eat into

Example Sentences

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“To get that number down, you are going to have to eat into his core.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Still, Saunders noted, retailers might come to regret those increases as other costs increasingly eat into consumers’ buying power.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

The March producer-price index, which measures the costs that food makers pay, indicated that fuel prices might be starting to eat into wholesalers’ margins.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

And, while they managed to win three of those, dropped points at Livingston and in Motherwell on Saturday allowed Celtic the opportunity to eat into their lead.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

I scraped whatever people didn’t eat into cardboard take-out containers and saved it for later.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez