swallow up

柯林斯詞典

1. PHRASAL VERB If one thing is swallowed up by another, it becomes part of the first thing and no longer has a separate identity of its own. 吞并
During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies. 20世紀80年代期間，巨型的出版公司開始吞并較小的公司。
2. PHRASAL VERB If something swallows up money or resources, it uses them entirely while giving very little in return. 用光 (金錢或資源)
A seven-day TV ad campaign could swallow up the best part of $100,000. 7天的電視廣告宣傳能把$100000基本用光。