diet
noun
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health.
had dieted
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past perfectof diet.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I had dieted myself into a binge-eating disorder, and that really scared me.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2018
By last week he had dieted to 361 Ib., was still unemployed.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had dieted so long and suffered so much that I had a morbid fear of food.
From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
Yesterday I felt as if I had dieted upon diamonds and were sparkling with rainbow colors like an icicle in the sun.
From Memories of Hawthorne by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
"It looks as if you had dieted for some days, then."
From The Barber of Paris by Charles Paul de Kock
