chow (down)

verb

Definition of chow (down)next
as in to dig in

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chow (down)
  1. dig in
  2. banquet
  3. feast
  4. dine out
  5. glut
Verb
  • In a fortnight, the Tractor Boys had begun to look streetwise, knowing when to press for a goal and, perhaps more importantly, when to dig in and defend.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • One sequence the team dug in their heels to include was a scene in which the Colosseum was flooded for a nautical battle between a boatload of Romans and a ship full of gladiators.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of dig in
Verb
  • These men seem to devote most of their time to cultivating relationships with government officials and gang bosses in teahouses, karaoke parlors, and banqueting clubs.
    John Osburg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2014
  • But in many Western capitals the optics of the visit will look very different – two autocrats who have long described themselves as firm friends shaking hands and banqueting while a conflagration in Europe rages.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
Definition of banquet
Verb
  • For those on the hunt for a sleek and stylish vacuum that won’t be an eyesore in your living room, feast your gaze on the Samsung Bespoke Jet.
    Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
  • After the game against the New Orleans Saints that year, Poyer and his teammate Josh Allen feasted on turkey legs on the field.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of feast
Verb
  • Like attending live theatre, or going to a concert, part of the appeal of dining out is in the unpredictable immediacy of real life.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • His comments about his love for dining out with Swift, 34, come after the pair recently went out on a double date with friends Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds at The Corner Store in New York’s Soho neighborhood, on Friday, Oct. 11.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of dine out
Verb
  • As Israel gluts the present with death and destruction, the future perfect has become a means of stirring timid Americans out of indifference and into something like sympathy for Palestinian lives.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • There are small evolutions of technology and cultural attitudes, but in a TV landscape glutted by dystopias, having any optimism about life 30-ish years in the future borders on revolutionary.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of glut
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“Chow (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chow%20%28down%29. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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