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phrasecrumble away1. crumble away if something made of stone, brick, wood etc crumbles away, it gradually breaks into little pieces and disappears, because it is very old: The castle walls were slowly crumbling away. Some of the floorboards were rotten and had crumbled away.2. crumble away to gradually become weak and disappear, especially after being very strong: Brigg's determination was slowly crumbling away. The Roman Empire crumbled away over a period of about two centuries.
crumble awayTo come apart in pieces. We need to get this wall repaired—the drywall is just crumbling away. crumble awayto break away in little pieces. The marble pillar was crumbling away because of the acidic rain. One of my teeth is just crumbling away. |