eat one's own
English
Etymology
Short for eat one's own kind or similar, as certain living organisms do.
Verb
eat one's own
- To turn on and attack members of one's own group or clique.
- 2016, Francis T. Cullen, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Correctional Theory: Context and Consequences
- So, in a way, they sat back and watched liberals eat their own—they watched as just deserts advocates undermined the legitimacy of rehabilitation in a way they never could have.
- 2016, Francis T. Cullen, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Correctional Theory: Context and Consequences