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ate dirt

ate dirt is the simple past of eat dirt.

Meaning of eat dirt

Verb

eat dirt (third-person singular simple present eats dirt, present participle eating dirt, simple past ate dirt, past participle eaten dirt)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To eat humble pie.

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Questions about ate dirt

What is ate dirt the simple past of?
Ate dirt is the simple past of eat dirt.

Words near ate dirt in the dictionary

  1. ate beaver
  2. ate boiled crow
  3. ate cookie
  4. ate crow
  5. ate cunt
  6. ate dirt
  7. ate down
  8. ate for two
  9. ate from the palm of someone's hand
  10. ate humble pie
  11. ate in

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