eat dirt, Informal. to accept blame, guilt, criticism, or insults without complaint; humble or abase oneself: The prosecutor seemed determined to make the defendant eat dirt.

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English dirt, drit; cognate with Old Norse drit excrement; compare Old English drītan

Synonyms
6. scandal, slander, rumor, scuttlebutt.

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dirt (dɜːt)

—n
1.	any unclean substance, such as mud, dust, excrement, etc; filth
2.	loose earth; soil
3.	a. packed earth, gravel, cinders, etc, used to make a racetrack
	b. (as modifier): a dirt track
4.	mining the gravel or soil from which minerals are extracted
5.	a person or thing regarded as worthless
6.	obscene or indecent speech or writing
7.	slang gossip; scandalous information
8.	moral corruption
9.	slang do someone dirt to do something vicious to someone
10.	informal dish the dirt to spread malicious gossip
11.	slang eat dirt to accept insult without complaining
12.	treat someone like dirt to have no respect or consideration for someone

[C13: from Old Norse drit excrement; related to Middle Dutch drēte]

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Word Origin & History

dirt

15c. metathesis of M.E. drit, drytt "mud, dirt, dung" (c.1300), from O.N. drit, cognate with O.E. dritan, from P.Gmc. *dritanan. Meaning "gossip" first attested 1926 (in Hemingway); dirt bike is 1960s. Dirt-cheap is from 1821.

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dirt definition

n.
low, worthless people. (Singular with the force of plural.) : I am not dirt. I'm just temporarily financially embarrassed.
n.
gossip; scandal; incriminating secrets; dirty linen. : What's the dirt on Taylor?

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