"eat the seed corn" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: eats the seed corn [present, singular, third-person], eating the seed corn [participle, present], ate the seed corn [past], eaten the seed corn [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|eat<,,ate,eaten> the seed corn}} eat the seed corn (third-person singular simple present eats the seed corn, present participle eating the seed corn, simple past ate the seed corn, past participle eaten the seed corn)
  1. Alternative form of eat one's seed corn Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: eat one's seed corn
    Sense id: en-eat_the_seed_corn-en-verb-L1tNB-Qn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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