engullirse

VPR to guzzle

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(v.) = gobble up, scoff

Ex. From the 1680s several large publishers formed a more permanent association which came to be known as the `conger' (the name being variously derived from congerere, `to bring together', and from the big eel which gobbles up the small fry).

Ex. The birds -- known as monk parakeets -- won't stop scoffing the farmers' crops -- they're not fussy about what they eat.

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(v.) = gobble up, scoff

Ex: From the 1680s several large publishers formed a more permanent association which came to be known as the `conger' (the name being variously derived from congerere, `to bring together', and from the big eel which gobbles up the small fry).

Ex: The birds -- known as monk parakeets -- won't stop scoffing the farmers' crops -- they're not fussy about what they eat.

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vpr

to gobble up, to wolf down

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