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pork out (on something)
Inf. to overeat on something; to become fat as a pig from eating something. (A play on pig out.) I pork out on french fries whenever I get the chance. I wish I didn't pork out all the time.
See also: out
pork barrel  (American informal)
the action by a government of spending money in an area in order to make themselves more popular with the people there He was critical of these new, expensive job programs as just a form of pork barrel. (American informal)
See also: barrel
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Philbin said there were three incidents that made him realize it was time to retire: "An older patient said to me, `You certainly have porked out.
Moment to shine; Retiring doctor kept small-town touch despite ... by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
He takes solace in a cheese-eating frenzy so I too lunge at the fromage until we are porked up like Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Bum - guess who I am?
ALISON'S DIARY; lifestyle FINISHED SKIING AND CAN BARELY WALK..SO I ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
She said she had recently spent two weeks at her parents' home in Texas, adding: "I porked up.
Farrah: I'm just fatter by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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