eat one's own
To turn on and attack members of one's own group or cliqueTo turn on and attack members of one's own group or clique.
» He can't eat on his own.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To turn on and attack members of one's own group or clique.
Examples
13 sentencesHe can't eat on his own.
Tom not only ate his own dessert, he ate Mary's, too.
Tom not only ate his own dessert, he also ate Mary's.
Tom not only ate his own dessert, he ate Mary's as well.
Tom ate his own shoe.
ruТом съел собственный ботинок. — Ooneykcall · CC BY 2.0 FR
Origin
Short for eat one's own kind or similar, as certain living organisms do.Short for eat one's own kind or similar, as certain living organisms do.
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Forms
eats one's own, eating one's own, ate one's own, eaten one's own| Base form | eat one's own · to eat one's own |
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| 3rd person singular | eats one's own |
| Present participle | eating one's own |
| Past simple | ate one's own |
| Past participle | eaten one's own |
irregular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.