gobbled up
Consumed with gusto
Gobbled up is the past tense of gobble up, meaning to eat quickly and greedily: The kids gobbled up their Halloween candy.
Figuratively, it describes rapid consumption or acquisition of anything: The tech giant gobbled up three startups this year.
Rising costs have gobbled up most of our savings.
- munchedAte with audible chewing
- monopolizedClaimed exclusive control over
- snapped upAcquired quickly, eagerly
- devouredAte hungrily and completely
- wolfedAte very fast
snatched up · wolfed down · consume · gulped · acquired · chewed · inhaled · nom nom · seized · hoarded · taken over · assimilated · swallowed whole · appropriated · scarfed · chowed down · absorbed · consolidated
consumption completeness
gobbled upleft behind
Abandoned or forgotten
rejected · ignored · abandoned · left over · pushed aside
resource acquisition (metaphorical)
gobbled upspat out
Forcibly ejected orally
divested · spun off · relinquished · sold off · regurgitated