swallow up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner une absorption ou une engloutissement complet, souvent au sens figuré.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Consume completelyinformal

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

   engloutir

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

   Synonymesabsorbconsumedevoureat upengulfgobble upingest

2. Use up resourcesinformal

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

   absorber (des ressources)

   • 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.

   Synonymesabsorbconsumedepletedevoureat upengulfexhaustuse up

   Antonymesconserveeconomizepreservesave

Verbe de baseswallow