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eats one's feelings

eats one's feelings is the third-person singular simple present indicative of eat one's feelings.

Meaning of eat one's feelings

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To turn to comfort food in order to deal with one's emotional problems.
    • The way I eat my feelings now is much different from how I ate my feelings when I was growing up. I used to use “bad food” as a reward system. If I went to the gym, I deserved a pizza, […]2017, Lindsey Smith, Eat Your Feelings

Questions about eats one's feelings

What is eats one's feelings the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Eats one's feelings is the third-person singular simple present indicative of eat one's feelings.

Words near eats one's feelings in the dictionary

  1. eats like a horse
  2. eats like an animal
  3. eats one's cake and has it too
  4. eats one's dinners
  5. eats one's emotions
  6. eats one's feelings
  7. eats one's fill
  8. eats one's gun
  9. eats one's hat
  10. eats one's head off
  11. eats one's heart

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