The Clue
Dinner table exhortation (3 letter answer)
The Answer
EAT
Tags
Notes
The answer EAT is very common and appears about once every 30 puzzles.
Related Clues
Breakfast
Consume
Corrode
"Dig in!"
Dine
Discommode, with "at"
Down
Erode
Fall to
Graze
Have
Ingest
"Let's ___!"
"Mangia!"
Nosh
Partake of
Sup
Become full
Break bread
Chow down
Dig into
Get down
Gobble up
Haas's "___ to Win"
Have a beef?
Have a bite
Have brunch
Have lunch
Have a meal
Have something
Have supper
Have tea
Mom's admonition
Pack away
Put away
Satisfy edacity
Tuck away
Work on a submarine
Act on a primal urge
Grab some grub
Please the cordon bleu
Use knife and fork, say
Definition
EAT as a verb:
1. take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
2. eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
3. (feed, eat) = take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
4. (consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out) = use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
5. (eat, eat on) = worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?"
6. (corrode, eat, rust) = cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"