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Definition of eat out
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : to consume the herbage from especially to excess
the marsh was badly eaten out by muskrats
2 slang : to reprimand (a person) severely
: to eat away from home, especially at a restaurant
we usually eat out on Thursdays
eat-out
noun plural -s
Definition of eat-out (Entry 2 of 2)
: an area of marsh denuded of vegetation by the feeding of an excessive population (as of muskrats or waterfowl)
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