swallow whole
Example Sentences
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House Leadership was beginning to signal that it was out of options, except to swallow whole a bipartisan Senate proposal that would be coming its way in a matter of days.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2023
As corpulent and as unwieldy as the film’s vision of London is — sluggish, lumbering and clumsy — the movie isn’t something you savor so much as swallow whole, without tasting it.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2018
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy unveiled a plan to pay for the state’s rail, road and bridge needs on Wednesday, a plan that the legislature will certainly not swallow whole.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
They do not look like they would be fun to swallow whole.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 10, 2015
They have big mouths and snatch and swallow whole anything they see when they are hungry.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
