English Explanatory Dictionary

eat the leek

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be compelled to take back one's words or put up with insulting treatment.

Word forms

eat the leek eats the leek eating the leek ate the leek eaten the leek

Etymology

From Act V, scene I between Fluellen and Pistol in Shakespeare's play Henry V.

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