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eat dirt
vb. To submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie.
Usage examples of "eat dirt".
Most of these men had grown up under the feet of the Assyrians, having to eat dirt before the conquerors, with only old tales to feed their pride.
And he made me eat dirt, but I kept my head down and took it, and I’.
To be able to entertain friends for dinner, to walk unarmed, to look a man in the eye and tell him what I think instead of having to crawl and eat dirt.