swallow whole
verb1
Idiomatic To believe (a lie, excuse, story etc.) in its entirety and without question.
- It forbiddeth us to swallow whole the Doctrines and Precepts of men, without examination of them.1683, Isaac Barrow, A treatise of the Pope's supremacy to which is added A discourse concerning the unity of the church:
2
To take in, absorb or comprehend something (information, news, etc.) in its entirety.
3
To destroy entirely and instantly.
- […] when the so-caled^([sic]) First Amendment Defense Act has the capacity to swallow whole almost all of our hard-won protections, if upheld by the courts.2017 February 15, Patrick, kenneth in the (212), archived from the original on 17 Nov 2019: