begin to erode
Frequency: 7.414.5 per million words
To start the process of eroding.
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- Without adequate protection from plants, the river banks began to erode.
- After the scandal, public trust in the government began to erode.
- If he keeps making mistakes, his confidence will begin to erode.
- The constant waves have caused the fragile coastline to begin to erode.
- Support for the new policy began to erode as people saw its negative effects.
- As inflation rises, the value of our savings will begin to erode.
- When forests are cleared, the topsoil can quickly begin to erode.
- The king's authority began to erode after he lost the war.
- The foundation of their friendship slowly began to erode due to misunderstandings.
- Geologists observed that the ancient rock formation would begin to erode more rapidly with increased acid rain.