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eats one's Wheaties

eats one's Wheaties is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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

Words near eats one's Wheaties in the dictionary

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

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