chow down

verb

1. informal,  to eat heartily

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]

Example Sentences

While some patients are putting off their weekly injections to chow down, others are plotting to aid their digestion by planning the order in which they eat various foods and bringing water bottles to sip for hydration.

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He will “chow down” on applesauce at preschool parties.

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Perhaps the most popular place to chow down is Tracy’s Crab Shack in Juneau.

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So they brought in Alix Earle, a classically attractive blonde TikTokker, to wear a bikini and chow down on a gross-looking burger.

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For example, there is some debate about whether the large jaws of P. boisei were used to crack hard foods like nuts or simply chow down on plants.

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