gobble up
English
Verb
gobble up (third-person singular simple present gobbles up, present participle gobbling up, simple past and past participle gobbled up)
- (transitive) To consume something rapidly.
- (by extension, figuratively) To continually absorb or expand through annexation.
- The city grew over the years by gobbling up land around its limits.
Synonyms
Translations
to consume rapidly
to continually absorb or expand through annexation
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