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ate one's gun

ate one's gun is the simple past of eat one's gun.

Meaning of eat one's gun

Verb

eat one's gun (third-person singular simple present eats one's gun, present participle eating one's gun, simple past ate one's gun, past participle eaten one's gun)

  1. (idiomatic) To commit suicide, especially by use of a firearm discharged into the victim's mouth.

Questions about ate one's gun

What is ate one's gun the simple past of?
Ate one's gun is the simple past of eat one's gun.

Words near ate one's gun in the dictionary

  1. ate one's cake and had it too
  2. ate one's dinners
  3. ate one's emotions
  4. ate one's feelings
  5. ate one's fill
  6. ate one's gun
  7. ate one's hat
  8. ate one's head off
  9. ate one's heart
  10. ate one's heart out
  11. ate one's own

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