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eaten the onion

eaten the onion is the past participle of eat the onion.

Meaning of eat the onion

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, the, onion.
  2. (colloquial, idiomatic) To be fooled by a work of satire, particularly in the satirical newspaper The Onion.
    • No, the original plan for Chicago's street layout was not scribbled on the back of a napkin by an ancestor of Roger Ebert; you just ate the onion.

Questions about eaten the onion

What is eaten the onion the past participle of?
Eaten the onion is the past participle of eat the onion.

Words near eaten the onion in the dictionary

  1. eaten something up with a spoon
  2. eaten the baby
  3. eaten the bread of idleness
  4. eaten the leek
  5. eaten the mic
  6. eaten the onion
  7. eaten the seed corn
  8. eaten twat
  9. eaten up
  10. eaten up with a spoon
  11. eaten, breathed, and slept

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