"eat down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: eats down [present, singular, third-person], eating down [participle, present], ate down [past], eaten down [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|eat<,,ate,eaten> down}} eat down (third-person singular simple present eats down, present participle eating down, simple past ate down, past participle eaten down)
  1. (slang) Synonym of eat (“to be very good; to rule”). Tags: slang Synonyms: eat up, eat [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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