eat the leek
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the scene between Fluellen and Pistol in Shakespeare's play Henry V.
Verb[edit]
eat the leek (third-person singular simple present eats the leek, present participle eating the leek, simple past ate the leek, past participle eaten the leek)
- To be compelled to take back one's words or put up with insulting treatment.