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eaten one's own

eaten one's own is the past participle of eat one's own.

Meaning of eat one's own

Verb

eat one's own (third-person singular simple present eats one's own, present participle eating one's own, simple past ate one's own, past participle eaten one's own)

  1. (idiomatic) To turn on and attack members of one's own group or clique.
    • So, in a way, they sat back and watched liberals eat their own—they watched as just deserts advocates undermined the legitimacy of rehabilitation in a way they never could have.2016, Francis T. Cullen, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Correctional Theory: Context and Consequences

Questions about eaten one's own

What is eaten one's own the past participle of?
Eaten one's own is the past participle of eat one's own.

Words near eaten one's own in the dictionary

  1. eaten one's gun
  2. eaten one's hat
  3. eaten one's head off
  4. eaten one's heart
  5. eaten one's heart out
  6. eaten one's own
  7. eaten one's own dog food
  8. eaten one's pride
  9. eaten one's seed corn
  10. eaten one's terms
  11. eaten one's Wheaties

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