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Idiom: Eat Someone Out Of House And Home

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eat someone out of house and home 

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Appears in The Second Shepherds' Play by The Wakefield Master (1400-1450), later used by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 (baptised) – 1616) in his play Henry IV, Part 2 (c. 1596–1599): see the quotation.

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To consume so much of someone's store of food that little or none is left for the owner.

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