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ate one's heart

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

Meaning of eat one's heart

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of eat one's heart out.

Questions about ate one's heart

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

Words near ate one's heart in the dictionary

  1. ate one's feelings
  2. ate one's fill
  3. ate one's gun
  4. ate one's hat
  5. ate one's head off
  6. ate one's heart
  7. ate one's heart out
  8. ate one's own
  9. ate one's own dog food
  10. ate one's pride
  11. ate one's seed corn

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