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单词 swallow up
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swallow up

phrasal verb transitive
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theyswallow up
he/she/itswallows up
present participleswallowing up
past tenseswallowed up
past participleswallowed up
DEFINITIONS4
  1. 1
    to take control of a smaller company or country

    The company was swallowed up in a corporate merger.

    Synonyms and related words
    Business partners and partnership
    amalgamate
    amalgamation
    Bros.
    Synonyms and related words
    Invading and taking control by force
    invade
    occupy
    suppress
  2. 2
    to use a lot of something such as money, time, or effort

    Campaigning swallows up a lot of time without guaranteeing success.

    Synonyms and related words
    To use all or a lot of something
    use up
    run out
    eat into
  3. 3
    to destroy something completely, or to make it disappear

    The whole building was swallowed up by the flames.

    Synonyms and related words
    To make something disappear or stop existing
    airbrush
    wear away
    dissolve
    Synonyms and related words
    To destroy or severely damage something
    destroy
    ruin
    devastate
  4. 4

    wish the ground would swallow you up

    to wish you could just disappear
    I felt extremely embarrassed, I just wished the ground would swallow me up.
    Submitted by:
    Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 25/08/2018
    Open Dictionary - August2018

swallow up

phrasal verb transitive
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theyswallow up
he/she/itswallows up
present participleswallowing up
past tenseswallowed up
past participleswallowed up
DEFINITIONS4
  1. 1
    to take control of a smaller company or country

    The company was swallowed up in a corporate merger.

    Synonyms and related words
    Business partners and partnership
    amalgamate
    amalgamation
    Bros
    Synonyms and related words
    Invading and taking control by force
    invade
    occupy
    suppress
  2. 2
    to use a lot of something such as money, time, or effort

    Campaigning swallows up a lot of time without guaranteeing success.

    Synonyms and related words
    To use all or a lot of something
    use up
    run out
    eat into
  3. 3
    to destroy something completely, or to make it disappear

    The whole building was swallowed up by flames.

    Synonyms and related words
    To make something disappear or stop existing
    airbrush
    wear away
    wear down
    Synonyms and related words
    To destroy or severely damage something
    destroy
    ruin
    devastate
  4. 4

    wish the ground would swallow you up

    to wish you could just disappear
    I felt extremely embarrassed, I just wished the ground would swallow me up.
    Submitted by:
    Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 25/08/2018
    Open Dictionary - August2018
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