"gobble down" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1995 August 6, Geraldine Baum, quoting Michael Jacobson, “Do They Enjoy Really Being Dinner Party Don’t-Invite-’ems? […]”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2025:",
          "text": "The average person kind of just gobbles down the same dozen meals and doesn’t really think much about food.",
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          "ref": "2012 January 8, Helen McCrory, “My Perfect Sunday: Helen McCrory”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2012:",
          "text": "The first of these would be a big Canadian breakfast of pancakes with smoked bacon and maple syrup, which we’d gobble down before piling out of the house.",
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          "ref": "2019 December 3, Anahad O’Connor, “Fake Meat vs. Real Meat”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2019:",
          "text": "Millennials are gobbling down plant-based burgers, prompting meat producers to question the health benefits of “ultra-processed imitations.”",
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        "Synonym of gobble up."
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          "text": "Millennials are gobbling down plant-based burgers, prompting meat producers to question the health benefits of “ultra-processed imitations.”",
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