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gobble sth↔ up

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgobble sth↔ up phrasal verb informal1 if one company gobbles up a smaller company, it buys it and takes control of it Air France gobbled up its main French rivals, Air Inter and UTA.2 to quickly use a lot of a supply of something such as money or land Inflation has gobbled up our wage increases.3 to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way We gobbled up all of the cake in one evening. gobble → See Verb table Examples from the Corpusgobble upShe was about to grab it when a giant gecko sprang in a flash from the eaves and gobbled it up.The big fish, seeing the little one there, glides into the basket to gobble him up.They opened their mouths to show her sharp tongues and teeth, ready to bite, gobble her up.I gobbled it up and pointed that I wanted another.A.. The trend of companies gobbling each other up seems to have ended, which is nice.If gazing could gobble you up, she'd have been picked clean.
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Verb table
gobble
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they gobble
he, she, it gobbles
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they gobbled
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have gobbled
he, she, it has gobbled
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had gobbled
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will gobble
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have gobbled
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Continuous Form
Present
I am gobbling
he, she, it is gobbling
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you, we, they are gobbling
Past
I, he, she, it was gobbling
you, we, they were gobbling
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been gobbling
he, she, it has been gobbling
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been gobbling
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be gobbling
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been gobbling
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