chow down

English

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Verb

chow down (third-person singular simple present chows down, present participle chowing down, simple past and past participle chowed down)

1. (idiomatic) To eat, especially to eat vigorously.

   We're all famished; it's time to chow down.

Synonyms

• dig in, eat up, fall to