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Phrase(s): swallow someone or something up
1. Lit. to eat or gobble up someone or something. • The fairy-tale wolf threatened to swallow the pig up in one bite. • The wolf swallowed up the meat in one bite. 2. Fig. to engulf or contain something. • The vast garage seemed to swallow the cars up. • The huge sweater swallowed up the tiny child.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs