■ noun a meal eaten in the morning, the first of the day.
■ verb eat ~.
Phrases
have (or eat ) someone for ~ informal deal with or defeat someone with contemptuous ease.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: from break 1 + fast 2 .
■ noun a meal eaten in the morning, the first of the day.
■ verb eat ~.
Phrases
have (or eat ) someone for ~ informal deal with or defeat someone with contemptuous ease.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: from break 1 + fast 2 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004