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eat dirt

eat dirt verb: to eat humble pie.

Verb

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

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To eat humble pie.

Interjection

  1. (euphemistic) Synonym of eat shit.
    Synonyms:
    eat shit

eat dirt meaning in Tamil

eat dirt in Tamil

மண்ணைக் கவ்வு, அவமானமடை

Synonyms of eat dirt

Forms of eat dirt

third-person singular presenteats dirt
present participleeating dirt
pastate dirt
past participleeaten dirt

Questions about eat dirt

What does eat dirt mean?
Eat dirt means to eat humble pie.
What is eat dirt in Tamil?
Eat dirt in Tamil is மண்ணைக் கவ்வு, அவமானமடை. See Eat dirt meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eat dirt?
Eat dirt can be a verb or an interjection.
What is the past tense of eat dirt?
The past tense of eat dirt is ate dirt.

Words near eat dirt in the dictionary

  1. eat beaver
  2. eat boiled crow
  3. eat cookie
  4. eat crow
  5. eat cunt
  6. eat dirt
  7. eat down
  8. eat for two
  9. eat from someone's hand
  10. eat from the palm of someone's hand
  11. eat humble pie

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