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eats the leek

eats the leek is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is eats the leek the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Eats the leek is the third-person singular simple present indicative of eat the leek.

Words near eats the leek in the dictionary

  1. eats someone's heart
  2. eats someone's lunch
  3. eats something up
  4. eats something up with a spoon
  5. eats the baby
  6. eats the leek
  7. eats the mic
  8. eats the onion
  9. eats the seed corn
  10. eats to windward
  11. eats twat

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