dig in
Begin a meal
Dig in means to begin eating heartily, often as an invitation: The food's ready—dig in!
It also means to establish a defensive position, literally by digging trenches or figuratively by refusing to yield: Both sides dug in and negotiations stalled.
To dig in one's heels is to resist stubbornly.
Elaborate ceremonial meal
- devourEat greedily and fast
- chow downEat with gusto
- gorgeDeep, narrow valley
- help yourselfTake what you want
consume · munch · savor · indulge · second helpings · appetite · hungry
Make stronger against threat
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- foxholeMilitary defensive excavation
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
sandbag · defend · hold position · take cover · hunker down · brace · emplacement · dugout
feast
Elaborate ceremonial meal
help yourself · consume · munch · savor · indulge · second helpings · appetite · hungry
fortify
Make stronger against threat
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- foxholeMilitary defensive excavation
barricade · sandbag · defend · hold position · take cover · hunker down · brace · emplacement · dugout · fortification
- dining phrasesbon appetit, enjoy your meal, come and get it, help yourself, pass the salt
- eating phraseschow down, bon appetit, eat up, gobble up, wolf down
- stubbornnessstubbornness, obstinacy, pigheadedness, bullheadedness, mulishness
- eating and drinkingeat, drink, chew, bite, swallow
- get startedget going, get moving, get cracking, set to, get on with it
- engageengage, immerse, delve, dive, plunge