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Complete Definition of "eat one out of house and home"

English

Etymology
From Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2

Verb

to eat one out of house and home

  1. To consume such a portion of one's store of food that little is left for the owner.

#*RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-2, Act II Scene I
#*:He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all my substance
#*:into that fat belly of his: but I will have some of it out again,
#*:or I will ride thee o' nights like the mare.

Related terms
out of house and home

Category:Words from Shakespeare

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