eat someone out of house and home

eat some·one out of house and home

E e

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [eet suhm-wuhn, -wuh n out uhv, ov noun, adjective hous and hohm]
- /it ˈsʌmˌwʌn, -wən aʊt ʌv, ɒv noun, adjective haʊs ænd hoʊm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [eet suhm-wuhn, -wuh n out uhv, ov noun, adjective hous and hohm]
- /it ˈsʌmˌwʌn, -wən aʊt ʌv, ɒv noun, adjective haʊs ænd hoʊm/

Definitions of eat someone out of house and home words

verb with object eat someone out of house and home to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food). 1
verb with object eat someone out of house and home to consume by or as if by devouring gradually; wear away; corrode: The patient was eaten by disease and pain. 1
verb with object eat someone out of house and home to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion. 1
verb with object eat someone out of house and home to ravage or devastate: a forest eaten by fire. 1
verb with object eat someone out of house and home to use up, especially wastefully; consume (often followed by up): Unexpected expenses have been eating up their savings. 1
verb with object eat someone out of house and home to absorb or pay for: The builder had to eat the cost of the repairs. 1

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English eten, Old English etan; cognate with German essen, Gothic itan, Latin edere

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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