Gobble up
Gobble up verb - Eat a large amount of food quickly.
Take
Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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These footnotes regularly take up more space than the main body and occasionally gobble up a whole page.
Source: Footnote Fever -
He'd eat food by the wagon-load if it was available, but would gobble up whole livestock, chomp on the appendages of attackers, or even take bites out of trees, if that was all he could reach.
Source: Crazy Consumption
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