garbage down

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garbage down - eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"

gobble up, shovel in, bolt down

eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

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The scandalous images of trucks pouring loose garbage down valleys and into streams and vacant lots within populated areas, along with videos of garbage fires belching poisonous smoke, prompted a popular campaign to hold the government accountable for its myriad failures, called You Stink.

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And we haven't started on the internet, which pours unsolicited world-class garbage down your computer at a huge rate of knots.

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I've command of a trim-built scow, was launched at Hackensack; 'Twas just one year ago when the tide was very slack; I carry garbage down from the city to the sea; The finest boat in all the fleet is the gallant Muddy Day.

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"I also put on rubber boots if there's too much garbage and I'll stand on the garbage and smash the garbage down...