eat someone for breakfast

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eat someone for breakfast

verb eats someone for breakfast · eating someone for breakfast · ate someone for breakfast · eaten someone for breakfast

  1. figuratively, slang To beat easily; to trounce. Worried? Nah, I eat punks like you for breakfast.

    Similar: eat someone's lunch, beat, bring down, convince, chew up, eat someone for breakfast, flog, humble, kick ass, malavogue, murdelize, outfox

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@misc{eat_someone_for_breakfast_2026,
  title = {eat someone for breakfast},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eat%20someone%20for%20breakfast},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}