swallow up

• Verbo frasal que se usa para indicar la absorción o ingestión completa de algo, a menudo en sentido figurado.

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

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Consume completelyinformal

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

   consumir por completo

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

   Sinónimosabsorbconsumedevoureat upengulfgobble upingest

2. Use up resourcesinformal

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

   consumir, agotar (recursos)

   • 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.

   Sinónimosabsorbconsumedepletedevoureat upengulfexhaustuse up

   Antónimosconserveeconomizepreservesave

Verbo baseswallow