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down

verb [T] (EAT)
 
 /dɑʊn/

Definition

› to eat or drink something quickly: She quickly downed her tea and left to catch the bus.
(Definition of down verb (EAT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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