Related Clues:

• Make a stand
• Start supper
• Send down shoots or become established
• "Bon appétit," from mom
• Start to eat and drink after I'd given up
• Invitation to trencherman
• Begin eating (informal)
• Be stubborn while competing at tug-of-war?
• "Eat up!"
• "Start eating!"
• Sounds like instruction to thief in vegetable shop to find a home
• Become hard to get rid of
• ''Go ahead and eat!''
• "Eat!"
• Detective has a drink to start eating