gobble up

US /ˈɡɑː.bəl ʌp/
UK /ˈɡɑː.bəl ʌp/
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1.

engloutir, dévorer

to eat something very quickly

:
The children gobbled up all the cookies.
Les enfants ont englouti tous les biscuits.
He gobbled up his dinner in minutes.
Il a englouti son dîner en quelques minutes.
2.

engloutir, consommer rapidement

to use a lot of something very quickly

:
The new software will gobble up a lot of memory.
Le nouveau logiciel va engloutir beaucoup de mémoire.
The construction project is gobbling up funds at an alarming rate.
Le projet de construction est en train d’engloutir des fonds à un rythme alarmant.