"fill one's boots" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fill one's boots.ogg [Australia] Forms: fills one's boots [present, singular, third-person], filling one's boots [participle, present], filled one's boots [participle, past], filled one's boots [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fill one's boots (third-person singular simple present fills one's boots, present participle filling one's boots, simple past and past participle filled one's boots)
  1. (informal) To eat heartily. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-fill_one's_boots-en-verb-aDJk~xVv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34
  2. (idiomatic) To perform at a high level in one's official role. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: fill someone's boots, feast one's eyes
    Sense id: en-fill_one's_boots-en-verb-8Tdfhoqu

Inflected forms

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