English Explanatory Dictionary

eat one's terms

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To study for the bar, in order to practise law.

Word forms

eat one's terms eats one's terms eating one's terms ate one's terms eaten one's terms

Etymology

In allusion to the number of times in a term that a student must dine in the hall of an Inn of Court.

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