SWALLOW SOMEONE UP


Meaning of SWALLOW SOMEONE UP in English

the darkness swallowed them up : ENGULF, swamp, devour, overwhelm, overcome.

the colleges were swallowed up by universities : TAKE OVER, engulf, absorb, assimilate, incorporate.

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