gobble up

Eat with abandon

To gobble up is to eat quickly and eagerly, often in large amounts: The kids gobbled up the pizza in minutes.

Extended uses describe consuming or acquiring things rapidly and completely: Tech giants gobble up smaller competitors.

A company that gobbles up market share takes it aggressively.

Information can be gobbled up by eager learners.

acquiring

buy up

Acquire all supply

hoard · stockpile · corner the market · monopolize · accumulate · amass · collect · acquire · purchase · claim

eating

devour

Eat greedily and fast

pig out · inhale · polish off · put away · chow down · snarf · guzzle · hoover up · tuck into · finish off

consuming resources

deplete

Greatly reduce supply

burn through · spend · squander · eat into · absorb · swallow up · run through · dissipate · expend · consume

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Opposites
eating speed and manner

gobble upnibble

Small, tentative bite

pick at · savor · peck at · graze · sip

consumption completeness

gobble upleave behind

Depart without taking

reject · ignore · refuse · leave over · spit out

resource acquisition vs. dispersal

gobble upgive away

Provide at no cost

distribute · divest · dole out · disperse · release

Family

gobble, gobbling, gobbles, gobbled, gobbler, gobblers, gobbledegook

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G