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eating one's dinners

eating one's dinners is the present participle and gerund of eat one's dinners.

Meaning of eat one's dinners

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To study for the bar (to become a lawyer).

Questions about eating one's dinners

What is eating one's dinners the present participle and gerund of?
Eating one's dinners is the present participle and gerund of eat one's dinners.

Words near eating one's dinners in the dictionary

  1. eating lead
  2. eating like a bird
  3. eating like a horse
  4. eating like an animal
  5. eating one's cake and having it too
  6. eating one's dinners
  7. eating one's emotions
  8. eating one's feelings
  9. eating one's fill
  10. eating one's gun
  11. eating one's hat

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