eating it
Taking bites now
Eating it means falling hard or failing spectacularly, especially in a physical way.
Someone wipes out on a skateboard, trips on the sidewalk, or crashes a bike—they're eating it.
The phrase suggests impact with the ground: He hit that patch of ice and totally ate it.
It extends to non-physical failures: bombing a presentation, tanking an exam.
She really ate it on that interview.
- munchTo gnaw steadily
- chowing downEating with gusto
- chewingCrushing food orally
- floppingFalling loosely, without control
- consumingUsing up entirely
scarfing down · bite · morsel · tanking · devouring · bombing · digesting · taste · failing · losing · swallowing · pratfall · faceplant · falling flat · botching · wipeout · biting the dust · gulp
eating itstarving
Suffering extreme hunger
fasting · abstaining · going hungry · skipping meals · dieting
eating itnailing it
Achieving flawless execution
sticking the landing · crushing it · killing it · slaying · succeeding
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