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eaten one's Wheaties

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

Meaning of eat one's Wheaties

Verb

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

  1. (Canada, US, idiomatic) To prepare or fortify oneself for an activity requiring exertion.
    • But he just couldn't get the ball through the goal posts (poor Harry . . . he didn't eat his Wheaties, or else his shoe was on backwards).1971 October 19, Haney Reilly, “Another game, another loss but Hawkeyes looked better”, in Telegraph-Herald, Iowa, USA, retrieved 01 Jul 2011, page 17

Questions about eaten one's Wheaties

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

Words near eaten one's Wheaties in the dictionary

  1. eaten one's own
  2. eaten one's own dog food
  3. eaten one's pride
  4. eaten one's seed corn
  5. eaten one's terms
  6. eaten one's Wheaties
  7. eaten one's words
  8. eaten one's young
  9. eaten out
  10. eaten out of someone's hand
  11. eaten out of the palm of someone's hand

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