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eating one's Wheaties

eating one's Wheaties is the present participle and gerund 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 eating one's Wheaties

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

Words near eating one's Wheaties in the dictionary

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

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