Today’s “Word of the Day” is hollow out and it is a phrasal verb meaning “to gradually weaken the inner strength or value of something until it is left ineffective and useless; weaken, undermine, deplete, erode, sap, gut”.
Example Sentence: It is worrisome that obesity and overweight, once associated with higher-income countries, are now catching up rapidly in low- and middle-income countries. If nothing is done at this stage, the gains that the nation expects from its youth, even as it heads towards a grey path, will be hollowed out…
This phrase is present in Catch them young: On overweight or obese children in India and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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