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eat one's own dogfood exp.
expression used to describe the practice of a company using internally the marketed products
[Bus.]expression originating from and widely used in software industry; the practice is also known as "dogfooding"

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eat  


      vb   , eats, eating, ate, eaten  
1    to take into the mouth and swallow (food, etc.), esp. after biting and chewing  
2    tr; often foll by: away or up   to destroy as if by eating  
the damp had eaten away the woodwork     
3    often foll by: into   to use up or waste  
taxes ate into his inheritance     
4    often foll by: into or through   to make (a hole, passage, etc.) by eating or gnawing  
rats ate through the floor     
5    to take or have (a meal or meals)  
we always eat at six     
6    tr   to include as part of one's diet  
he doesn't eat fish     
7    tr  
Informal   to cause to worry; make anxious  
what's eating you?     
8    tr  
Taboo slang   to perform cunnilingus or fellatio upon  
9   ♦ I'll eat my hat if  
Informal   to be greatly surprised if (something happens that proves one wrong)  
10   ♦ eat one's heart out   to brood or pine with grief or longing  
11   ♦ eat one's words   to take back something said; recant; retract  
12   ♦ eat out of (someone's) hand   to be entirely obedient to (someone)  
13   ♦ eat (someone) out of house and home   to ruin (someone, esp. one's parent or one's host) by consuming all his food  
   See also     →   eat out     →   eats     →   eat up  
     (Old English etan; related to Gothic itan, Old High German ezzan, Latin edere, Greek edein, Sanskrit admi)  
♦   eater      n  

EAT  
      international car registration for   (East Africa) Tanzania  
eat out  
      vb   intr, adv   to eat away from home, esp. in a restaurant  
eat up  
      vb   adv, mainly tr  
1    also intr   to eat or consume entirely: often used as an exhortation to children  
2    Informal   to listen to with enthusiasm or appreciation  
the audience ate up the speaker's every word     
3    often passive  
Informal   to affect grossly  
she was eaten up by jealousy     
4    Informal   to travel (a distance) quickly  
we just ate up the miles  
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EAT  
      international car registration for   (East Africa) Tanzania  

eat  
      vb   , eats, eating, ate, eaten  
1    to take into the mouth and swallow (food, etc.), esp. after biting and chewing  
2    tr; often foll by: away or up   to destroy as if by eating  
the damp had eaten away the woodwork     
3    often foll by: into   to use up or waste  
taxes ate into his inheritance     
4    often foll by: into or through   to make (a hole, passage, etc.) by eating or gnawing  
rats ate through the floor     
5    to take or have (a meal or meals)  
we always eat at six     
6    tr   to include as part of one's diet  
he doesn't eat fish     
7    tr  
Informal   to cause to worry; make anxious  
what's eating you?     
8    tr  
Taboo slang   to perform cunnilingus or fellatio upon  
9   ♦ I'll eat my hat if  
Informal   to be greatly surprised if (something happens that proves one wrong)  
10   ♦ eat one's heart out   to brood or pine with grief or longing  
11   ♦ eat one's words   to take back something said; recant; retract  
12   ♦ eat out of (someone's) hand   to be entirely obedient to (someone)  
13   ♦ eat (someone) out of house and home   to ruin (someone, esp. one's parent or one's host) by consuming all his food  
   See also     →   eat out     →   eats     →   eat up  
     (Old English etan; related to Gothic itan, Old High German ezzan, Latin edere, Greek edein, Sanskrit admi)  
♦   eater      n  
eat out  
      vb   intr, adv   to eat away from home, esp. in a restaurant  
eat up  
      vb   adv, mainly tr  
1    also intr   to eat or consume entirely: often used as an exhortation to children  
2    Informal   to listen to with enthusiasm or appreciation  
the audience ate up the speaker's every word     
3    often passive  
Informal   to affect grossly  
she was eaten up by jealousy     
4    Informal   to travel (a distance) quickly  
we just ate up the miles  

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