āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
gobble up
/ÉĄËÉbÉl ËĘp/
to gobble up
[phrase form: gobble]
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āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻāĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ˛ā§āĻĢā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to eat something quickly and greedily, often with little regard to manners or etiquette
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She loves chocolate so much that she gobbles up every chocolate bar in the house.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻ āĻĒāĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to quickly and extensively use resources, particularly money
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The renovation project gobbled most of the company's budget up.
āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to rapidly and eagerly consume or acquire something other than food
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The real estate investors gobbled up all available properties in the area, driving up prices.
āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§, āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
