hoover up

Quickly consume everything

To hoover up is to consume or acquire rapidly and eagerly, often in large quantities: The kids hoovered up the pizza in minutes, The company hoovered up smaller competitors.

From the British use of hoover as a verb meaning to vacuum—itself from the Hoover brand.

The phrase suggests indiscriminate, enthusiastic consumption, like a vacuum cleaner sucking up everything in its path.

devouring

devour

Eat greedily and fast

inhale · bolt · gulp · guzzle · polish off · finish off · demolish · scoff · munch · feast

accumulating

gather

Bring or come together

snap up · grab · scoop up · snatch · acquire · buy up · corner · monopolize · hoard · sweep up

cleaning

vacuum

Absence of matter

  • suctionPulling via pressure difference
  • carpetThick floor textile
  • dustFine settled particles

crumbs · dirt · debris · sweep · tidy · floor · rug · nozzle · attachment · plug in

Opposites
consumption speed/manner

hoover upnibble

Small, tentative bite

sip · pick at · peck at · savor · taste

acquisition/dispersal

hoover upscatter

Distribute in random directions

disperse · distribute · spread out · give away · dole out

thoroughness of removal

hoover upleave behind

Depart without taking

overlook · neglect · skip over · pass by · ignore

Family

hoover, hoovers, hoovered, hoovering

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