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chow down

verb

informal.
to eat heartily

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Idioms and Phrases

Eat, as in He's always ready to chow down at dinner time . Originally military slang, this term is now more widely used. The noun chow in the sense of food, originating from either Chinese or pidgin English in the 18th century, also appears in such terms as chow line , a line of people waiting for food, and chow time , mealtime. [ Slang ; mid-1900s]

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Example Sentences

They might, at least, let us chow down on a few Big Macs from time to time without putting on the pounds.

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What better way to juice up than to chow down on some of that blood dripping off the just-dead animal hanging outside your hut?

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So chow down, if you dare, and be sure to leave room for dessert.

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