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chomp down on

chomp down on verb: to eat (something); to bite (something).

Verb

chomp down on (third-person singular simple present chomps down on, present participle chomping down on, simple past and past participle chomped down on)

  1. (informal, transitive) To eat (something); to bite (something).
  2. (informal, transitive) To defeat.

Forms of chomp down on

third-person singular presentchomps down on
present participlechomping down on
past participlechomped down on
pastchomped down on

Questions about chomp down on

What does chomp down on mean?
Chomp down on means to eat (something); to bite (something).
What part of speech is chomp down on?
Chomp down on is a verb.
What is the past tense of chomp down on?
The past tense of chomp down on is chomped down on.

Words near chomp down on in the dictionary

  1. chomophytic
  2. chomos
  3. Chomoutov
  4. chomp
  5. chomp at the bit
  6. chomp down on
  7. chomped
  8. chomped at the bit
  9. chomped down on
  10. chomper
  11. chompers

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