Translations for „swallow up“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

swallow up VB trans (absorb)

swallow up

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I then worried that taking on the task of caring for my dad indefinitely would swallow up my burgeoning future.

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She said the whales paid little attention to the kayakers as they repeatedly breached the surface to swallow up fish.

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These giant floral clusters sometimes seem to swallow up fragments of human forms within them.

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It's a place full of claw-like arcades, moving floors that swallow up unwary adventurers, and that mainstay of action fantasy, walls that sprout spikes.

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Over the years, conditions of the water have caused the lake to swallow up most of the sandy beaches.

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They just keep coming, and when they swallow up land, it doesn't come back again.

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When the bears toss unwanted fish parts aside, guess who's there to swallow up the pieces?

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I thought it could swallow up the whole town.

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Will development swallow up the family farm?

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It would be big enough to swallow up the entire universe.

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