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ate lead

ate lead is the simple past of eat lead.

Meaning of eat lead

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively, rude) To be shot; to be hit with bullets.
  2. (figuratively, rude) To commit suicide by shooting oneself in the mouth with a firearm.

Questions about ate lead

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

Words near ate lead in the dictionary

  1. ate from the palm of someone's hand
  2. ate humble pie
  3. ate in
  4. ate into
  5. ate it
  6. ate lead
  7. ate like a bird
  8. ate like a horse
  9. ate like an animal
  10. ate one's cake and had it too
  11. ate one's dinners

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