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sink

tv. to swallow some food or drink. Larry stopped at a tavern to sink a short one.

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• a sinking feeling
• a sinking ship
• desert a sinking ship
• enough to sink a ship
• everything and the kitchen sink
• everything but the kitchen sink
• everything from soup to nuts
• get one’s teeth into something
• get teeth into
• heart sinks
• heart sinks, one's
• kitchen-sink
• like rats abandoning a sinking ship
• like rats deserting a sinking ship
• like rats from a sinking ship
• Loose lips sink ships
• Rats abandon a sinking ship
• sink
• sink back
• sink below
• sink down
• sink in
• sink into
• sink into despair
• sink into oblivion
• sink like a stone
• sink one’s teeth into something
• sink one's teeth into
• sink or swim
• sink teeth into
• sink through the floor
• sink to
• sink to such depths
• sink under
• sink without trace
• sinking fast
• sinking feeling
• sinking feeling, a
• sinking ship