(US and Canada, idiomatic) To prepare or fortify oneself for an activity requiring exertion.

(idiomatic) Used in a result clause to express disbelief in a proposition expressed in a conditional clause.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eat one's words

Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive. Describes a business or other set of circumstances where people try to succeed at the expense of other people.

Alternative form of dog eat dog

(colloquial, simile) To chew noisily, with one's mouth open, or with much greed.

(figuratively) To regret or retract what one has said.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology.

(colloquial, simile) To eat in small amounts rather than in a single full meal.

(colloquial, simile) To eat large amounts of food.