1. eat dirt - Verb
2. eat dirt - Interjection
eat dirt (third-person singular simple present eats dirt, present participle eating dirt, simple past ate dirt, past participle eaten dirt)
(idiomatic) To submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie.
eat dirt
(euphemistic) Synonym of eat shit
Parents have got to chill out. Let your kid eat dirt - they're gonna be fine! Jeff Garlin
When I was a kid, my mother used to feed me mashed-potato sandwiches, brussel sprout sandwiches; my brain cells were starving from lack of food. I'll eat anything. I'll eat dirt. Sylvester Stallone