gobbles up
Consumes with haste
To gobble up is to eat quickly and eagerly, as a hungry person devours a meal: The kids gobbled up their pizza.
Extended uses describe rapid consumption of any kind—a company gobbles up competitors, a project gobbles up resources, readers gobble up celebrity gossip.
The "up" emphasizes completeness; nothing remains.
- engulfCompletely surround and cover
- monopolizesClaims exclusive control over
- takes overAssumes another's position
- consumeTake in fully
- eat upConsume entirely
voracity · devour · wolfs down · wolf down · gulps · swallow · ingest · chows down · pigs out · depletes · absorbs · appropriates · commandeers · hoovers · ravenous · scarf down · maw · chomp
consumption completeness
gobbles upspits out
Forcibly ejects from mouth
leaves behind · rejects · refuses · discards · throws away
RESOURCE ACQUISITION (figurative)
gobbles updivests
Removes or relinquishes ownership
releases · spins off · sells off · gives away · distributes