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All gobble up synonyms

gob·ble up
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verb gobble up

  • lunch — a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
  • breakfast — Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is usually eaten in the early part of the morning.
  • nab — to arrest or capture.
  • capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
  • chalk up — If you chalk up a success, a victory, or a number of points in a game, you achieve it.
  • come by — To come by something means to obtain it or find it.
  • drum up — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
  • get at — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • lay up — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
  • get hold of — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • make use of — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
  • scrape together — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
  • scrape up — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
  • get one's hands on — (Idiomatic) To get; to obtain; to secure.
  • put away — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • tear down — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
  • knock down — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • take apart — into pieces or parts; to pieces: to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.
  • take out — the act of taking.
  • break bread — to eat a meal, esp with others
  • dispose of — to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
  • fall to — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
  • pig out — a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
  • polish off — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
  • take in — the act of taking.
  • chow down — If you chow down on something, you eat a large amount of it quickly and with enthusiasm.
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