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ate out

ate out is the simple past of eat out.

Meaning of eat out

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To dine at a restaurant or such public place.
    • Jacky wanted Korean barbecue, but his mom didn't want to eat out.
    Synonyms:
    go out to eat
  2. (transitive) To erode or encroach upon by gradually consuming.
  3. (slang, transitive, vulgar) To perform cunnilingus or anilingus.
    • The lesbian couple ate each other out.
  4. (slang, transitive) To reprimand severely.
    • He will eat me out if he hears I ate his girlfriend out.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, out.

Questions about ate out

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

Words near ate out in the dictionary

  1. ate one's seed corn
  2. ate one's terms
  3. ate one's Wheaties
  4. ate one's words
  5. ate one's young
  6. ate out
  7. ate out of someone's hand
  8. ate out of the palm of someone's hand
  9. ate pussy
  10. ate shit
  11. ate someone alive

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