eat out

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verb

transitive verb

1

: to consume the herbage from especially to excess

the marsh was badly eaten out by muskrats

2

slang : to reprimand (a person) severely

intransitive verb

: to eat away from home, especially at a restaurant

we usually eat out on Thursdays

eat-out

2 of 2

noun

plural -s

: an area of marsh denuded of vegetation by the feeding of an excessive population (as of muskrats or waterfowl)

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eat out

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