eat one's seed corn
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eat one's seed corn (third-person singular simple present eats one's seed corn, present participle eating one's seed corn, simple past ate one's seed corn, past participle eaten one's seed corn)
- (idiomatic, informal) To consume what is meant for investment instead.
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