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gobble down

gobble down verb: synonym of gobble up.

Verb

gobble down (third-person singular simple present gobbles down, present participle gobbling down, simple past and past participle gobbled down)

  1. Synonym of gobble up.
    • The average person kind of just gobbles down the same dozen meals and doesn’t really think much about food.1995 August 6, Geraldine Baum, quoting Michael Jacobson, “Do They Enjoy Really Being Dinner Party Don’t-Invite-’ems? […]”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications...
    • The first of these would be a big Canadian breakfast of pancakes with smoked bacon and maple syrup, which we’d gobble down before piling out of the house.2012 January 8, Helen McCrory, “My Perfect Sunday: Helen McCrory”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jan...
    Synonyms:
    gobble up

Synonyms of gobble down

Forms of gobble down

third-person singular presentgobbles down
present participlegobbling down
past participlegobbled down
pastgobbled down

Questions about gobble down

What does gobble down mean?
Gobble down means synonym of gobble up.
What part of speech is gobble down?
Gobble down is a verb.
What is the past tense of gobble down?
The past tense of gobble down is gobbled down.

Words near gobble down in the dictionary

  1. gobbing up
  2. gobbings
  3. gobbins
  4. gobbinsite
  5. gobble
  6. gobble down
  7. gobble hole
  8. gobble holes
  9. gobble off
  10. gobble up
  11. gobble-pipe

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