chows down
Eats with gusto
Chows down means eats heartily or enthusiastically, often suggesting appetite and gusto rather than refinement: We chowed down on pizza after the game.
The phrase implies informal eating—fuel rather than fine dining.
Someone who chows down attacks their food with visible hunger.
- devoursEats ravenously
- chowhoundSlang for glutton
- gobblesConsumes with haste
- digs inFortifies one's position
- munchesChews steadily, audibly
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