chow down
Tuck in eagerly
Chow down means to eat, especially heartily or enthusiastically: Let's chow down before the movie.
The phrase is casual and often suggests diving into a meal with gusto rather than dining delicately.
Chow alone is informal for food, from Chinese pidgin English.
- devourEat greedily and fast
- gobbleEat fast and greedily
- dig inBegin a meal
- dig intoExplore or consume vigorously
- have at itInvitation to begin
pig out · consume · scarf · tuck in · grab a bite · ingest · feast · eat · swallow · nosh · gorge · chomp · sup · cram · bolt · stuff · get stuck in · clean your plate