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eats one's head off

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

Meaning of eat one's head off

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) Of an animal: to cost more to feed than it is worth.
    • And then, as he sauntered up Whitehall towards Charing Cross, with Robarts on his arm, he again pressed upon him the sale of that invaluable hunter, who was eating his head off his shoulders in the stable at Chaldicotes.1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage

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

Words near eats one's head off in the dictionary

  1. eats one's emotions
  2. eats one's feelings
  3. eats one's fill
  4. eats one's gun
  5. eats one's hat
  6. eats one's head off
  7. eats one's heart
  8. eats one's heart out
  9. eats one's own
  10. eats one's own dog food
  11. eats one's pride

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