eat someone for breakfast en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(figuratively, slang) To beat easily; to trounce.
If you slip up, they're going to eat you for breakfast.
Worried? Nah, I eat punks like you for breakfast.
This guy's a lunatic, a psycho. He will eat you for breakfast. He won't even notice it probably, cause you're very, very, small.
2023 April 5, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, spoken by Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy):A low-quality, fuel-thirsty small car that improved a bit during its last three years on the market. 1999 and earlier models eat engine head gaskets for breakfast and wallets for lunch.
2009, Phil Edmonston, Lemon-Aid Used Cars and Trucks 2009-2010, Dundurn, →ISBN, page 115:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| eaten someone for breakfast | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| eating someone for breakfast | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| ate someone for breakfast | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| eats someone for breakfast | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Synonyms
malavogue · rape · eat someone's lunch · outsmart · thrash · outfox · pwn · steal the show · flog · convince · overcome · murdelize · outguess · outrun · trounce · spank · surmount · vanquish · outwit · chew up · kick ass · overpower · eat someone for breakfast · eat someone's lunch · own · beat · subvert · pulverise · humble · reduce · bring down · subdue · overwin