eat, breathe, and sleep

verb

To devote one's time obsessively to.

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Meanings

verbeat, breathe, and sleep (third-person singular simple present eats, breathes, and sleeps, present participle eating, breathing, and sleeping, simple past ate, breathed, and slept, past participle eaten, breathed, and slept)

present singular third person eats, breathes, and sleeps · participle present eating, breathing, and sleeping · past ate, breathed, and slept · participle past eaten, breathed, and slept

  1. idiomaticinformaltransitiveTo devote one's time obsessively to.

    It is so easy to begin to eat, breathe, and sleep autism, but it will do no good — not for you, not for your spouse, and not even for your child.

    2004, Adelle Jameson Tilton, The everything parents guide to children with autism
Cite this entry
APA

eat, breathe, and sleep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eat%2C%20breathe%2C%20and%20sleep

MLA

“eat, breathe, and sleep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eat%2C%20breathe%2C%20and%20sleep. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eat, breathe, and sleep,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eat%2C%20breathe%2C%20and%20sleep.

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