eat the onion en · VERB
Meanings
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, the, onion.
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(colloquial, idiomatic) To be fooled by a work of satire, particularly in the satirical newspaper The Onion.
No, the original plan for Chicago's street layout was not scribbled on the back of a napkin by an ancestor of Roger Ebert; you just ate the onion.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| eaten the onion | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| eats the onion | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| eating the onion | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| eat The Onion | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ate the onion | Tense=Past | lexicographic |