Word.ws English Dictionary

eats one's young

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

Meaning of eat one's young

Verb

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

  1. To betray a constituent or charge out of self-serving interests or desperation.
    • With bankruptcy looming, the corporation eventually began eating its young; massive layoffs were announced, and all employee benefits and bonuses were suspended.

Questions about eats one's young

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

Words near eats one's young in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eats one's young (page history and authors); eat one's young (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “eats one's young.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/eats_one%27s_young. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.