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swallow up

/ˈswɒləʊ ʌp/

/ˈswɑːloʊ ʌp/

Translations

swallow upverb

swallowed up

Past Simple

swallowed up

Past Participle

swallowing up

Gerund

/ˈswɒləʊ ʌp/

/ˈswɑːloʊ ʌp/

The company plans to swallow up its smaller competitor.

Компания планирует поглотить своего меньшего конкурента.

Additional translations

Synonyms

swallow upverb

To engulf or absorb something completely.

The quicksand threatened to swallow up the entire vehicle.

To take in or consume something in a way that it disappears or is no longer visible.

The darkness seemed to swallow up the small campfire.

To overwhelm or take over something completely.

The large corporation aimed to swallow up its smaller competitors.