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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

eat someone's heart en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To destroy and humiliate someone.
    • “And now you sit like a maggot in my flesh, waiting only to eat my heart.” 2011, Howard Fast, Moses: The Epic Story of His Rebellion in the Court of Egypt:
    • O God! that I were a man. I would eat his heart in the marketplace. 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing:
    • “I threw down with my brother,” said Clint. “And I utterly kicked his ass, and he's on the college wrestling team. He was crying at the bottom of the stairs, and I was, like, 'I will eat your heart, man, I will totally eat your heart.' 2015, Adam Lewis Schroeder, All-Day Breakfast:

Forms

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eating someone's heart Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eats someone's heart Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ate someone's heart Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ate someone's heart Tense=Past lexicographic