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What does gobble up mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To consume something rapidly.
  2. (by extension, figuratively) To continually absorb or expand through annexation.
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Some of us are ruthless in the manner we gobble up the natural finite resources of other sovereign states.
We therefore have before us an invitation to gobble up and weaken other European projects such as the Seventh Research Framework Programme.
Debt servicing costs used to gobble up close to 38ยข out of every dollar the Government of Canada raised in revenue.
It will be yet another place that will gobble up the taxpayers' money without any value added.
Our youth love luxury, they contradict their parents, gobble up dainties from the table, and tyrannise their teachers.
Sure, this bike is designed for alert riders in good physical shape, but I bet you'll get somewhat used to it as you gobble up miles.

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