"eat dirt" meaning in English

See eat dirt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

  1. (euphemistic) Synonym of eat shit Tags: euphemistic Synonyms: eat shit [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-eat_dirt-en-intj-V3IOnVKy Categories (other): English euphemisms

Verb

Forms: eats dirt [present, singular, third-person], eating dirt [participle, present], ate dirt [past], eaten dirt [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|eat<,,ate,eaten> dirt}} eat dirt (third-person singular simple present eats dirt, present participle eating dirt, simple past ate dirt, past participle eaten dirt)
  1. (idiomatic) To submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-eat_dirt-en-verb-14EngjZI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English predicates: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86

Inflected forms

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