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eat someone out of house and home
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Meanings:
1.
General
Originally Early Modern English (England)
literal
idiomatic
To consume so much of another person's food supply that little or none remains for the owner.
2.
General
figurative
idiomatic
informal
To exhaust or deplete another person's resources, provisions, or hospitality through excessive consumption or use.
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