swallow
verb (used with object)
to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
will have swallowed
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future perfectof swallow.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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At that point the snake will have swallowed its tail so far even the most sympathetic reader will find it hard not to gag.
From Newsweek ● Dec. 31, 2009
A few short months and the devouring jungle will have swallowed up even the place where it has been.
From Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers by Harry Alverson Franck
