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ate the mic

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

Meaning of eat the mic

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To speak or sing with one's mouth close to, or in contact with, a microphone.
    • The sound engineer, frustrated with constantly having to adjust the levels, told the singer to eat the mic.

Questions about ate the mic

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

Words near ate the mic in the dictionary

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

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