eat
To put food in your mouth, chew it, and swallow it.
To put food into the mouth, chew it, and swallow it.
To slowly damage something, especially by chemicals or rubbing.
To gradually damage or destroy something by chemical action or continuous use.
To use a lot of time, money, or energy.
To consume large amounts of something such as money, time, or energy.
- Base: eat
- 3rd Person Singular: eats
- Present Participle: eating
- Past: ate
- Past Participle: eaten
- Irregular past: ate Verb
- Irregular past participle: eaten Verb
eat away at
1To erode gradually over time
To slowly damage something or make someone feel bad for a long time.
- Acid rain has eaten away at the statue.
- The guilt ate away at him for years.
eat like a horse
1To eat very large amounts of food
To eat a lot of food regularly.
- He’s so skinny but eats like a horse.
- Teenagers often eat like horses because they are growing.
eat out
1To dine at a restaurant
To have a meal at a restaurant instead of at home.
- We usually eat out on Fridays.
- They decided to eat out to celebrate their anniversary.
eat up
1To consume completely
To finish all of something, especially food, or to use all of something like money or time.
- Eat up your vegetables before dessert.
- The trip ate up all my savings.
eat humble pie
1To admit you were wrong and apologize humbly
To say you were wrong and be sorry after someone shows you are wrong.
- After the mistake was discovered, he had to eat humble pie in front of the team.
- After the argument, he had to eat humble pie and apologize.
- She refused to admit her error until the evidence forced her to eat humble pie.
- She was forced to eat humble pie when her plan failed.
eat humble pie
2admit you were wrong
To admit you were wrong and say you are sorry, especially after strongly saying you were right.
- After the report came out, the manager had to eat humble pie and apologize to the team.
- The critics ate humble pie when the movie became a huge success.
- He laughed at her idea, but later he ate humble pie when it worked perfectly.