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eating the leek

eating the leek is the present participle and gerund of eat the leek.

Meaning of eat the leek

Verb

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

  1. To be compelled to take back one's words or put up with insulting treatment.
    • He had eaten his leek and he was anxious to be done with it.1919, Stanley J. Weyman, “XXXV My Lord Speaks Out”, in The Great House

Questions about eating the leek

What is eating the leek the present participle and gerund of?
Eating the leek is the present participle and gerund of eat the leek.

Words near eating the leek in the dictionary

  1. eating someone's lunch
  2. eating something up
  3. eating something up with a spoon
  4. eating the baby
  5. eating the bread of idleness
  6. eating the leek
  7. eating the mic
  8. eating the onion
  9. eating the seed corn
  10. eating twat
  11. eating up

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