stuff down

stuff down

1. To shove, cram, or pack something down into something else. A noun or pronoun is used between "stuff" and "down." The criminal stuffed the bag of drugs down his pants when he saw a police car approaching. She ripped up the subpoena in rage and stuffed it down the garbage disposal.
2. To eat something very quickly or voraciously. A noun or pronoun can be used between "stuff" and "down." I felt sick after stuffing down that entire pizza all by myself. I used to be able to stuff a pint of ice cream down and not gain an ounce of weight. Now I gain five pounds just thinking about ice cream!
See also: down, stuff
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

stuff something down something

to force something down inside of something. Don stuffed the cauliflower leaves down the garbage disposal and turned it on. Timmy stuffed the leaves down the hole and covered them with dirt.
See also: down, stuff
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bear down
  • clunk
  • clunk down
  • ask down
  • brush down
  • button down
  • bolt down
  • clean down
  • champ down on (someone or something)
  • chow down
References in classic literature
The next time she made bread, she scraped this sour stuff down into the fresh dough to serve as yeast.
Nor did Louis' case deter me, as I poured the biting, scorching stuff down my throat.
There's goin' to be rough stuff down there in a minute."
They gulped the stuff down with many facial expressions of delight, followed by loud lip-smackings of approval, though the liquor was raw enough and corrosive enough to burn their mucous membranes.
Aaron James Green, 27, admitted there was "stuff down there" when he was about to be strip searched.
Models strutted their stuff down the catwalk wearing Charlotte's 10 iconic make-up looks in the Fenwick beauty hall.
GLITTER HAIR ROOTS SPRINKLING sparkly stuff down your parting is apparently the hottest trend in hair right now.
Speaking at the Dublin open night, attacker McManamon said: "I do enjoy the away days and you always get good banter out of the fans and stuff down the country but I kind of think the [opposition] players like it [playing in Croke Park].
Summary: Strutting their stuff down the runway in front of crowds packed on three levels, these weren't your average models who took part in the Shine with Hope Fashion Show at ABC Ashrafieh Saturday.
As far as the innovation process goes, writing stuff down can act as a relief valve for brainstorming pressure.
And that their decision to ignore the World Health Organisation's advice to halve the amount we consume has nothing whatsoever to do with their links to those who shove most of the sugary stuff down our throats.
We're staying put until NASA nails some of this stuff down.
"They drove one of my pickups around from the north side of the warehouse and that's where I could get to them at they were dragging stuff around to load it there and already got some stuff down there under the hill," said Hines.
"I've wanted to do some sort of acting stuff down the line.
It's good stuff down at Wincanton where top-weight Fairoak Lad (2.55) gets my vote in the Desert Orchid Chase while Wild Side Of Life (4.15) is the stand-out bet at Towcester.