eat it
Fail spectacularly, slangily
Eat it is a dismissive or confrontational expression, often an imperative telling someone to accept defeat, failure, or humiliation: You lost—eat it!
It can celebrate triumph over an opponent or mock someone's misfortune.
In another sense, to eat it means to fall or crash hard: He hit a patch of ice and totally ate it.
The phrase carries aggressive, taunting energy in both uses.
- savorEnjoy with full attention
- chow downEat with gusto
- pig outEat to excess
- chewGrind with teeth
- faceplantFall forward onto face
face plant · take a spill · bite · choke · gulp · comeuppance · owned · take the L · consuming · lose · crow · humble pie · bite the dust · crash · devouring · fail · go belly-up · gobble
physical fall/crash outcome
eat itstick the landing
Finish a routine flawlessly
nail it · recover · pull it off · stick it · land on your feet