swallow up

• Partikelverb, das das vollständige Aufnehmen, Verschlingen oder Absorbieren von etwas bezeichnet, oft im übertragenen Sinn.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of completely consuming, absorbing, or engulfing something, often in a figurative sense.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Consume completelyinformal

   To completely consume or absorb something, often in a way that leaves nothing behind.

   Vollständig verschlingen

   • The huge waves swallowed up the small boat.
   • The company was swallowed up by a larger corporation.
   • The darkness swallowed up the entire forest.

   Synonymeabsorbconsumedevoureat upengulfgobble upingest

2. Use up resourcesinformal

   To use a large amount of something, especially money or time, until it is gone.

   Verschlingen

   • The project swallowed up all our savings.
   • The new software swallowed up most of the computer's memory.
   • Her new hobby swallowed up all her free time.

   Synonymeabsorbconsumedepletedevoureat upengulfexhaustuse up

   Antonymeconserveeconomizepreservesave

Grundverbswallow