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GARBAGE DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does garbage down mean?
• GARBAGE DOWN (verb)
The verb GARBAGE DOWN has 1 sense:
1. eat a large amount of food quickly
Familiarity information: GARBAGE DOWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eat a large amount of food quickly
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
bolt down; garbage down; gobble up; shovel in
Context example:
The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake
Hypernyms (to "garbage down" is one way to...):
eat (take in solid food)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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