chipping

She's tackling the mess by chipping away 10 minutes at a time, small chunks so as to not become too overwhelmed by the task.

You lost count of the number of blocks they had, each one chipping away at Celtic's karma.

The Dutertes can be expected to continue chipping away at the president's battered authority in public, and both camps will be lobbying furiously behind the scenes to get senators onto their side.

Everyone was a little bit worried, but he's chipping in with goal after goal and performance after performance.

But the family were in no rush and kept chipping away.