digress
Definition: (verb) to wander from the main path or the main topic.
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consume
verb
- To take (food) into the body as nourishment: devour, eat, fare, ingest, partake.
Slang: chow.
Idioms:
break bread, have (or take) a bite. See
ingestion
- To eat completely or entirely: devour, dispatch, eat up.
Informal: polish off, put away. See
ingestion
- To use all of: drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up.
Informal: polish off. See
increase
- To be depleted: go, spend.
Idiom:
go down the drain. See
increase
- To use up foolishly or needlessly: devour, dissipate, squander, waste. See
save
- To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly: dissipate, fool away, fritter away, riot away, squander, throw away, trifle away, waste.
Slang: blow
1. See
save
- To do away with completely and destructively: devour, eat (up), swallow (up), waste. See
help
- To occupy the full attention of: absorb, engross, immerse, monopolize, preoccupy. See
awareness, excite
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