CONSUME
VERBS
► DECOCT to consume, to diminish, to waste → 1629 obs.
► GO THROUGH LIKE A DOSE OF SALTS to consume rapidly → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► PAUNCH to consume, to imbibe, to take into the stomach, usually with implication of haste or greed → 1821 Sc.
► PERISH to consume food or drink rapidly or greedily → 1876 colloq., chiefly Sc.
► PUT BACK to consume food or drink heartily → 1974 Amer. sl.
► SCARE to consume, to spend → Bk1904 Eng. dial.
► TO-FRET to consume, to gnaw, to devour → a1225 obs.
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