eat in

Idioms  

1. Have a meal at home, as in Are we eating in tonight? [Colloquial; second half of 1900s] Also see eat out, def. 1.

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Example Sentences

“How am I supposed to eat in the meantime?”

From Literature

Meals that can be eaten in small portions, over time, without urgency — nothing that demands, You must eat this all right now or else — are ideal.

From Salon

“The brutes I was with called him Ferrandini. Do you think he knows how to make that Italian dish we ate in Mississippi?”

From Literature

If eaten in the right order, locals say, fresh notes should emerge with each glob on the flight: caramel, custard and finally, an almost alcoholic bitterness heralding the Musang King.

From BBC

For the past two weeks, I’ve been eating in the library.

From Literature

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