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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
swallow whole en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, transitive) To believe (a lie, excuse, story etc.) in its entirety and without question.
It forbiddeth us to swallow whole the Doctrines and Precepts of men, without examination of them.
1683, Isaac Barrow, A treatise of the Pope's supremacy to which is added A discourse concerning the unity of the church:
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(transitive) To take in, absorb or comprehend something (information, news, etc.) in its entirety.
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(transitive) To destroy entirely and instantly.
[…] when the so-caled^([sic]) First Amendment Defense Act has the capacity to swallow whole almost all of our hard-won protections, if upheld by the courts.
2017 February 15, Patrick, kenneth in the (212), archived from the original on 17 Nov 2019:
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Synonyms
take at face value