"wolf back" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wolfs back [present, singular, third-person], wolfing back [participle, present], wolfed back [participle, past], wolfed back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wolf back (third-person singular simple present wolfs back, present participle wolfing back, simple past and past participle wolfed back)
  1. (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wolf_back-en-verb-Lc7yOOtK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "back"

Inflected forms

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