get sth down (sb)
— phrasal verb with get uk/ɡet/us/ɡet/verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US usually gotten
to succeed in swallowing something although it is difficult:
Her throat was so swollen that she couldn't get the tablets down.
informal humorous Your dinner is on the table and you've got ten minutes to get it down (you).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- gorge
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- snack
- stoke
- swallow
- tuck
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