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ate down

ate down is the simple past of eat down.

Meaning of eat down

Verb

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

  1. (slang) Synonym of eat (“to be very good; to rule”).
    • She ate down with this song.
    Synonyms:
    eat up, eat

Questions about ate down

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

Words near ate down in the dictionary

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

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