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ate the leek

ate the leek is the simple past of eat the leek.

Meaning of eat the leek

Verb

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

  1. To be compelled to take back one's words or put up with insulting treatment.
    • He had eaten his leek and he was anxious to be done with it.1919, Stanley J. Weyman, “XXXV My Lord Speaks Out”, in The Great House

Questions about ate the leek

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

Words near ate the leek in the dictionary

  1. ate someone's lunch
  2. ate something up
  3. ate something up with a spoon
  4. ate the baby
  5. ate the bread of idleness
  6. ate the leek
  7. ate the mic
  8. ate the onion
  9. ate the seed corn
  10. ate twat
  11. ate up

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