Antonyms for eats out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : eet

Phonetic Transcription : it

Definition of eats out

Origin : "food," in use mid-19c. in U.S., considered colloquial, but the same construction with the same meaning was present in Old English.

As in berate : verb criticize hatefully
As in dine : verb eat, often formally

Example sentences :

Though he comes in once in a while and eats out of the hand.
Extract from : « A Son Of The Sun » by Jack London

Why, honest, Reggie, even the Gumshoe just eats out of his hand.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

But take my word for it, it is so tame now that it eats out of your hand compared to what it once was.
Extract from : « Bert Wilson in the Rockies » by J. W. Duffield

And yet it would be no exaggeration to say that the average American, especially the average farmer, eats out of a frying-pan.
Extract from : « The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society » by Upton Sinclair

It eats out all the beauty, tenderness, and affection of domestic and social life.
Extract from : « Friends and Neighbors » by Anonymous

He eats out his own head, and his horses' too; he knows no grace but grace before meat, nor mortification but in fasting.
Extract from : « Character Writings of the 17th Century » by Various

He needs a long spoon who eats out of the same dish with the devil.
Extract from : « Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources » by James Wood

He eats out of my hand in the afternoon and has one of his papers jump on me in the morning.
Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I » by Burton J. Hendrick

It eats out of one the very soul of truth, of love, and of faith.
Extract from : « Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again » by Joseph Barker

He knows the power of littles; that little by little consumes and eats out the vigor of the soul.
Extract from : « The Mind of Jesus » by John R. Macduff

Synonyms for eats out

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