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to eat in
[phrase form: eat]
01
to have a meal at home, in contrast to eating at a restaurant or ordering takeout
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
action verb
regular
inseparable
particle
in
base verb
eat
present tense
eat in
3rd person singular
eats in
present participle
eating in
past simple
ate in
past participle
eaten in
Examples
After a long day at work, she preferred to eat in and enjoy a homemade dinner.
