to destroy something completely, or to make it disappear
to take control of a smaller company or country
to use a lot of something such as money, time, or effort
But a sizeable portion of the profits were swallowed up in capital gains tax.
Campaigning swallows up a lot of time without guaranteeing success.
The amount owed can grow quickly and swallow up an inheritance.
The company was swallowed up in a corporate merger.
The whole building was swallowed up by flames.
swallows up
swallowing up
swallowed up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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