eat, breathe, and sleep
eat, breathe, and sleep verb: to devote one's time obsessively to.
Verb
eat, breathe, and sleep (third-person singular simple present eats, breathes, and sleeps, present participle eating, breathing, and sleeping, simple past ate, breathed, and slept, past participle eaten, breathed, and slept)
- To devote one's time obsessively to.
- It is so easy to begin to eat, breathe, and sleep autism, but it will do no good — not for you, not for your spouse, and not even for your child.2004, Adelle Jameson Tilton, The everything parents guide to children with autism
Forms of eat, breathe, and sleep
| third-person singular present | eats, breathes, and sleeps |
|---|---|
| present participle | eating, breathing, and sleeping |
| past | ate, breathed, and slept |
| past participle | eaten, breathed, and slept |
Questions about eat, breathe, and sleep
- What does eat, breathe, and sleep mean?
- Eat, breathe, and sleep means to devote one's time obsessively to.
- What part of speech is eat, breathe, and sleep?
- Eat, breathe, and sleep is a verb.
- What is the past tense of eat, breathe, and sleep?
- The past tense of eat, breathe, and sleep is ate, breathed, and slept.
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