0 to take someone or something in so that it is destroyed or no longer independent: --
The company was swallowed up by a competitor.
A house in Florida disappeared Thursday, as a 40-foot-wide sinkhole began swallowing it up.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.