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eat lead

eat lead verb: to be shot; to be hit with bullets.

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively, rude) To be shot; to be hit with bullets.
  2. (figuratively, rude) To commit suicide by shooting oneself in the mouth with a firearm.

Forms of eat lead

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

Questions about eat lead

What does eat lead mean?
Eat lead means to be shot; to be hit with bullets.
What part of speech is eat lead?
Eat lead is a verb.
What is the past tense of eat lead?
The past tense of eat lead is ate lead.

Words near eat lead in the dictionary

  1. eat from the palm of someone's hand
  2. eat humble pie
  3. eat in
  4. eat into
  5. eat it
  6. eat lead
  7. eat like a bird
  8. eat like a horse
  9. eat like a pig
  10. eat like an animal
  11. eat my ass

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