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eat for breakfast

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eat somebody for breakfast
to speak angrily to someone, or to criticize someone My boss would eat me for breakfast if I asked for more money.
See also: breakfast, eat

eat somebody/something for breakfast
to deal with someone or something easily and completely People say she eats her competitors for breakfast. He is a level-headed guy who eats pressure for breakfast.
See also: breakfast, eat


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I can set to work now to remember things I never remembered before, such as what I had to eat for breakfast this morning, and it can hardly be wholly habit that enables me to do this.
 
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