Ate

verb. past, pluperfect, and future perfect version of the word eat
To encounter an event, obstacle, or objective which is so trivial in comparison to the subject-actor's ability that the subject easily overcomes, ignores, achieves, or obtains in excess the event/obstacle/objective.

Metaphorically framing an event/obstacle/objective as similar to the relatively common act of eating food, to elevate the esteem/reputation of the subject-actor by implying that the event/obstacle/objective is easy, unremarkable, or ineffective compared to some trait or skill that the subject-actor's has.

See also, sibling terms "eating" and "I eat those"

A: Did you see my runtime just now?
B: Yea you ate, you went off.
C: You made it look easy! Butttt, I heard they're adding extra hurdles to the 500m race.
A: Pft, so what? I eat those. You'll see, after the tournament we'll be eating good, we'll be scooping up gold medal after gold medal.
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E: Me and F had a fight behind the school yesterday.
F: Damn, what? His punches hard! what you do, you don't even look scratched
E: I was in the wrong so I just stood there and ate his punches until he tired himself out.

by Darkhed June 30, 2023

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