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ate one's heart out

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

Meaning of eat one's heart out

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To feel overwhelming sorrow, jealousy, or longing; to grieve.
    • The Brazilians are eating their hearts out over their defeat by Germany in the World Cup.

Questions about ate one's heart out

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

Words near ate one's heart out in the dictionary

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

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