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make (someone) eat (their) words — have to eat (your) words to be forced to admit that something you said before was wrong. She made him eat his words about women not having the physical strength to become boxers … New idioms dictionary
eat your words — informal phrase to admit that you were wrong about something Thesaurus: to admit you are wrong or have done something wrongsynonym Main entry: eat * * * eat your words : to take back what you have said : to admit that you were wrong about… … Useful english dictionary
eat one's words — phrasal : to retract what one has said * * * eat one s words To take back what one has said • • • Main Entry: ↑eat eat one s words To retract what one has said, or apologize for it, usu under compulsion • • • Main Entry: ↑word * * * retract what… … Useful english dictionary
eat — W1S1 [i:t] v past tense ate [et, eıt US eıt] past participle eaten [ˈi:tn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(meal)¦ 3 eat your words 4 eat your heart out 5 eat somebody alive/eat somebody for breakfast 6¦(use)¦ 7 eat humble pie … Dictionary of contemporary English
eat — [ it ] (past tense ate [ eıt ] ; past participle eat|en [ itn ] ) verb intransitive or transitive *** to put food into your mouth and swallow it: We sat on the grass and ate our sandwiches. Don t talk while you re eating. I ve eaten too much.… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Eat a Bowl of Tea (novel) — Eat a Bowl of Tea published in 1961, was the first Chinese American novel actually set in Chinese America. Its honest portrayal of New York s Chinatown after World War II made Eat a Bowl of Tea a classic in Asian American literature.The story… … Wikipedia
Words of Institution — The Words of Institution are those used, inserted into a narrative of the Last Supper, in Christian Eucharistic liturgies to recall those used by Jesus on that occasion. Eucharistic scholars sometimes refer to them simply as the verba (Latin for… … Wikipedia
Eat Poop You Cat — Infobox Game subject name=Eat Poop You Cat image link= image caption= players=3 or more ages=8 and up setup time=< 5 minutes playing time= 5 ndash;30 minutes complexity=low strategy=Low random chance=Low skills=none footnotes = Eat Poop You Cat… … Wikipedia
eat — eater, n. /eet/, v., ate /ayt/; esp. Brit. /et/ or (Archaic) eat /et, eet/; eaten or (Archaic) eat /et, eet/; … Universalium
eat what you kill — idiom. The business philosophy that a person who accomplishes something should get the full financial benefit that results from that accomplishment. eat what you kill adj. Example Citation: Most big public companies are run by professional… … New words
someone's eyes are bigger than their stomach — someone’s eyes are bigger than their stomach/belly/informal phrase used for saying that someone has taken more food than they can eat Thesaurus: words used to describe someone s appetitehyponym general words meaningto eatsynonym … Useful english dictionary
