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swallow up

verb

Definitions

  1. To completely enclose or envelop.

  2. To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a…

    To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate.

    • Yes, there were hundreds of companies in existence, but a form of natural selection was taking place. Weaker companies were swallowed up by larger ones.

  3. To voraciously consume resources, such as money

    To voraciously consume resources, such as money; to devour.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for swallow up. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA