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"wolf down" is correct and usable in written English.
It means to eat something quickly and without much effort, as if a wolf would devour its prey. Example sentence: My brother wolfed down his breakfast before rushing out the door.
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wolf down
verb
To consume (food) quickly, often without regard for table manners.
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"Let's go track The Wolf down," one suggests.
"Can't you just wolf down a peanut butter sandwich?" I asked him.
I wolf down the halloumi manaeesh, in between dunking slices of it into the hummus.
Some maintain that we would wolf down spicier fare if only we were offered it.
Around you, the other patrons -- primarily large men -- wolf down their meals in agreement.
I also recommend The Spare Room (Canongate) by Helen Garner, which you can wolf down in a couple of hours.
Cats don't need walks, and they usually won't wolf down three days' worth of cat food just because it's there.
I started to really enjoy football and looked forward to finishing work so we could wolf down lunch ready for an afternoon kick-about.
The cuisine is a mix of Moroccan and Mediterranean with a modern twist: I wolf down a plate of lamb tagine with gorgonzola.
"They're so sure that people assume they have an eating disorder that they're forced to wolf down caveman-like portions of 'comfort food' in order to appear normal.
Bleary eyed, you wolf down your toast and sip your water in the last minute before the day of fasting begins.
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