hoe into

British  

verb

1. informal (intr, preposition) to eat (food) heartily

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Example Sentences

Sheild credited his partner with introducing the labor-saving double-edged hoe into the mix.

From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2015

If we put a hoe into the water, or the smallest bit of iron, it sinks immediately. 

From A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 by Livingstone, David

He cuts up weeds and corn alike, giving a few strokes, doing what damage he can, and then flings the hoe into the river.

From Harper's Young People, October 5, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

And he put his shovel and his hoe into his cart, and he took hold of the handle of the cart, and he walked off, with his shovel and his hoe rattling behind him.

From The Doers by Hopkins, William John

The stone was large and heavy and her hands trembled as she set her hoe into the fissure; but lo! the stone was not cemented like the rest and was easily loosened.

From Little Tom by Tille, V.