BraveSpeaking: Phrasal Verbs: Eating

Phrase to eat less of something

cut back on
I'm trying to cut back on fried foods, but they're so tempting!

Phrase eat a meal outside of one's home

eat out
On special occasions it sure is nice to eat out somewhere fancy.

Phrase to prepare a meal quickly and easily

whipping up
You've been whipping up such nutritious meals these days. Well, yeah, when you've done the grocery shopping!

Phrase to begin eating

dig in
Dig in guys! You should eat while the food is hot.

Phrase to have a particular food as the main food that you eat

lived on
When my brother got his own apartment he lived on McDonald's 'happy meals.'

Phrase eat small amounts of food here and there usually because one does not feel like eating

picking at her food
Is Valerie feeling well? She's picking at her food.

Phrase to eat a lot of food at one time

pigged out
Our favorite restaurant had an all-you-can-eat special so we all went together and pigged out.

Phrase to finish (something) completely

polished off
We were so hungry we polished off every dish!

Phrase eat in a hurry

wolf down
And then there's Ivan. See him wolf down his soup. He says he has to be back home in ten minutes!

Phrase to eat a small amount of something between meals

snacked on
My classmates and I snack on chips and cookies outside the museum.

Phrase to be taken away and eaten somewhere else

to go
Let's grab some food to go, we can eat while we walk.