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eat at

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear awayverb

    become ground down or deteriorate

    "Her confidence eroded"

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  1. eat at

    "Eat at" is an idiomatic expression which generally means to bother or annoy someone over a period of time. It can also refer to something persistently eroding or damaging. In a literal sense, it could mean to consume food at a specific place or establishment.

Editors Contribution

  1. eat at

    A location to eat

    The children love to eat at the dinner hall with the other children at school


    Submitted by MaryC on May 19, 2021  


  2. eat at

    To have food

    We choose to eat at school as the meals are free and we are so grateful to have the time with our friends to eat


    Submitted by MaryC on June 29, 2021  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of eat at in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of eat at in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of eat at in a Sentence

  1. Jamiroquai, Virtual Insanity:

    It's a wonder man can eat at all, when things are big that should be small.

  2. Jollene Levid:

    People always talk about it as numbers, but then when so many of the folks you know have died, and it wasn't because they weren't wearing a mask, it wasn't because they decided to eat at a restaurant. They were literally trying to keep someone alive and they caught it, united States have to ask, why is this happening to our community ?

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    A first-grade teacher who saw she had nothing to eat at lunch, and without embarrassing her, brought extra food to share. The woman whose house she cleaned letting her go to high school so long as her work got done -- that was a bargain she leapt to accept, and because some people believed in her, she believed in me.

  4. Nelson Algren:

    Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.

  5. Kevin McCarthy:

    The President resorts are hotels that The President owns. People are traveling, White House's just like any other hotel, i don't know that that's different than anything else. Is White House different if I go and stay or eat at a Marriott here, or eat at President Donald Trump ? The President isn't asking me to. The President's competing in a private enterprise.

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