as in to gobble (up or down)
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Verb
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Commit to putting away only the laundry, say, not cleaning the entire room.—
Julianna Chen,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Mar. 2026 -
But Porter made two early shots in the second half before his critical stretch put away the Cardinals.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Feb. 2026
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The major stock indexes declined on Friday as investors digested the latest producer price index data that came in a lot hotter than expected.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2026
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On Friday, as Netflix staffers digested all the news, more than a few executives expressed the feeling that the streamer may have dodged a bullet.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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Notaro came to the film with a documentary fan’s devotion and a friend’s responsibility — and, at least at first, with almost no awareness of the machinery that would soon swallow her calendar whole.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2026
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And, we may have been raised to care for and even be responsible for a sibling but be unable to prevent them from being swallowed up by their addictive or violent behavior.—
Geoffrey Greif,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Feb. 2026
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Chestnut has won 17 of the last 19 events, setting a record in 2021 after wolfing down 76 hot dogs and buns.—
Matt Ott,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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The funny video showed the bulldog grabbing an entire bar out of Peeters' hand and wolfing it down in one bite.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The Senate voted 47 to 53 to put down the measure.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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When the timer goes off, put down your cleaning tools because your work is done for the day.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
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Their children don't eat enough and have lost weight, Welch said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Such a partial bypass of the hydropower turbines delivers water cold enough to keep non-native bass from breeding and then eating threatened humpback chubs.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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That will add hours to those flights and consume additional fuel, adding to the costs airlines will have to absorb.—
CARA RUBINSKY,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Now, these spikes, where this one lady said 55,000 gallons were being consumed by her property.—
Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Mouth (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouth%20%28down%29. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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