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eat someone out of house and home

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables
eat -some-one out of -house- and home
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To consume so much of someone's store of food that little or none is left for the owner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Appears in The Second Shepherds' Play by The Wakefield Master (1400-1450), later used by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 (baptised) – 1616) in his play Henry IV, Part 2 (c. 1596–1599): see the quotation.

Inflected Forms

eats someone out of house and home (present, singular) eating someone out of house and home (participle, present) ate someone out of house and home (past) eaten someone out of house and home (participle, past)

Phrases

out of house and home

Frequently Paired Words

out of house and home

Questions

What does eat someone out of house and home mean?
To consume so much of someone's store of food that little or none is left for the owner.
Where does eat someone out of house and home come from?
Appears in The Second Shepherds' Play by The Wakefield Master (1400-1450), later used by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 (baptised) – 1616) in his play Henry IV, Part 2 (c. 1596–1599): see the quotation.

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