down the hatch

Example Sentences

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“Oh, put it down. Down the hatch,” Aubrey Plaza said while eating pizza for breakfast, in a downtown Los Angeles restaurant that was otherwise deserted on a late-August Friday morning.

From New York Times

Whereas many frog and lizard tongues became fine-tuned for catching prey and getting it down the hatch, snake tongues instead evolved to provide an exquisite sense of smell, an adaptation that enables snakes to detect and sneak up on distant or hidden prey.

From Science Magazine

At Down the Hatch, a casual sports bar on Christopher Street, Talia Shor, 37, a real estate agent in Manhattan, had gathered friends to celebrate the 39th birthday of her husband, Phil Petite.

From New York Times

Down the hatch, and noted in my prefrontal cortex.

From Washington Post

“One thing you learned was to never break wind going down the hatch,” Doug wrote.

From Washington Post