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Eat Yemek Past Sth Verb Ate Eaten  /Iːt  

Level A1 
Kind verb
Front eat 
IPA  /iːt   / verb (past tense ate /et   ; especially US /; past participle eaten /ˈiːtn   /)
Back yemek
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eat (verb)

 /iːt   / verb (past tense ate /et   ; especially US /; past participle eaten /ˈiːtn   /)
 
 
 1 [intransitive, transitive]
to put food into your mouth, then bite and swallow it
yemek
 Who ate all the biscuits?
 Eat your dinner up (hepsini bitir), Joe.
 She doesn't eat properly. No wonder she's so thin.
 2 [intransitive]
to have a meal
yemek yemek
 What time shall we eat?
IDIOMS
have sb eating out of your hand
to have control and power over sb
avucunun içine almak
have your cake and eat it
to enjoy the advantages of sth without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available
ne yardan ne serden vazgeçmek
 You can't go out every night and pass your exams. You can't have your cake and eat it.
PHRASAL VERBS
eat sth away/eat away at sth
to damage or destroy sth slowly over a period of time
aşındırmak;
yiyip bitirmek
 The sea had eaten away at the cliff.
eat out
to have a meal in a restaurant
lokantada yemek
 Would you like to eat out tonight?
 

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