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Gobble up   /gˈɑbəl əp/   Listen
verb
Gobble  v. t.  (past & past part. gobbled; pres. part. gobbling)  
1.
To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp. "Supper gobbled up in haste."
2.
To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock. "He... gobbles out a note of self-approbation."
To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. (Slang)





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"Gobble up" Quotes from Famous Books



... has enough to fill a volume. She needn't grudge a few to her starving friends," cried Nancy in would-be reproach. "Confide in me, Susan dear! I'll sit at your feet, and gobble up all the pearls that you drop, and perhaps in the end I may win the prize myself. I don't see why it should be taken for granted that only two girls have a chance. There's a lot of vulgar prejudice in this school, but Mr Rawdon will judge with an unbiased mind. I have thought more than once ...
— Etheldreda the Ready - A School Story • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


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