Phrase Hound found 98 phrases and 63 compound words that contain eat. The most common are listed below. Open eat in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 98
- eat outTo dine at a restaurant or such public place.
- eat the richAn expression of contempt towards capitalism and the rich, demanding an equitable redistribution of wealth.
- good enough to eatSupremely beautiful; aesthetically pleasing.
- eat upTo consume completely.
- all-you-can-eatOffering unlimited food to a diner at a restaurant for a fixed price for as long as the diner continues to eat.
- eat and runTo consume a meal/snack quickly, then soon after depart immediately and/or in a hurry.
- eat my shortsAn irreverent rebuke or dismissal.
- eat awayTo physically corrode or erode (something) gradually.
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- you are what you eatPersonal health and wellbeing is determined by one's eating habits, in both positive and negative ways.
- heat-and-eatBeing a ready meal.
- eat crowTo recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error.
- eat the babyTo draw a jammer who has broken out of the pack back into the pack.
- comfort-eatTo engage in comfort eating.
- eat one's heart outTo feel overwhelming sorrow, jealousy, or longing; to grieve.
- eat humble pieTo admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology.
- eat for twoTo be pregnant
- eat the micTo speak or sing with one's mouth close to, or in contact with, a microphone.
- sleep-eatTo eat in one's sleep; to eat while asleep.
- eat leadTo be shot; to be hit with bullets.
- over-eatAlternative form of overeat: To eat too much.
- eat the onionTo unwittingly and erroneously interpret a work of satire as literal fact, particularly a piece published by The Onion.
- eat away atTo erode.
- eat downSynonym of eat (“to be very good; to rule”).
- eat my dustAn in-your-face mockery to a losing rival, especially in a race
Compound words 63
- eaterA person or animal who eats.
- eatenpast participle of eat: To ingest.
- eatableAble to be eaten; edible.
- eatabilitysuitability for use as food
- eatathonA charity event in which participants eat as much as possible.
- eatworthyWorthy of being eaten; suitable for consumption; edible.
- reeatTo eat again.
- sleepeatAlternative form of sleep-eat: To eat in one's sleep; to eat while asleep.
- uneatTo undo or reverse the eating of.
- eatageEdible growth of grass for horses and cattle, especially that of lattermath.