tv. [for something] to bother or worry someone. : Nothing's eating me. I'm just the nervous type.
tv. to absorb the cost or expense of something. : We'll eat the costs on this one. It's the least we can do.
tv. to perform oral sex on someone. (Usually objectionable.) : She said she wanted to eat me!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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eat (one's) definition
tv. to suffer from sorrow or grief. : Don't eat your heart out. You really didn't like him that much, did you?
tv. to suffer from envy or jealousy. (Usually a command.) : Yeah, this one's all mine. Eat your heart out!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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eat (sth) definition
tv. to consume something rapidly, such as food or money. : Running this household eats my income up.
tv. to believe something. : Those people really eat that stuff up about tax reduction.
tv. to appreciate something. : The stuff about the federal budget went over well. They really ate up the whole story.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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