Definition of Eat on

1. Verb. Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way. "The bad news will eat on him"; "What's eating you?"

Exact synonyms: Eat
Generic synonyms: Vex, Worry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eat On

eat, breathe, and sleep
eat-in
eat at
eat away
eat crow
eat for two
eat from someone's hand
eat humble pie
eat in
eat into
eat like a bird
eat like a horse
eat like a pig
eat my dust
eat my shorts
eat on (current term)
eat one's Wheaties
eat one's hat
eat one's heart out
eat one's own dog food
eat one's seed corn
eat one's words
eat one's young
eat out of someone's hand
eat someone's dust
eat someone out of house and home
eat the seed corn

Literary usage of Eat on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"Like other orientals, the Indian islanders squat down, and eat on the ground, or on covers little above its level. The naked hand alone is used to convey ..."

2. Rachel and the New World: A Trip to the United States and Cuba by Léon Beauvallet (1856)
"HOW THEY eat on BOARD. THE weather is now superb. The sea is calm. Our steamer flies with frightful rapidity, notwithstanding the enormous freight with ..."

3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"They [the courtesans] were во graced that they eat on high alone by themselves, ... eat on ..."

4. Adventure Guide Honduras & The Bay Islands by Maria Fiallos (2006)
"Where to Stay & eat on Roatán The wide array of lodging available on Roatán, which ranges from budget hotels, bed & breakfasts and dive resorts to vacation ..."

5. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Book of Revelation by Albert Barnes (1859)
"16 And he that eat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth ; and the earth was reaped. 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, ..."

6. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1868)
"All alone, by the side of the pool, A tall man eat on a three-legged stool, . Kicking his heels on the dewy sod, ..."

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