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/Sounds like "trah" (as in "tract") + "GAHR" (as in "garden") + "seh" (as in "set")/

Meaning

To swallow a lie whole without questioning it, to get completely fooled by a made-up story. It's when someone tells you total BS and you buy it entirely without a second thought.

Examples

He swallowed the whole story and it turned out to be a lie.

Don't swallow everything you read on the internet.

Regional synonyms

In Mexico, to mentally exhaust yourself trying to solve a problem until your brain just gives out with nothing to show for it. The image is a lightbulb that has burned out: it used to illuminate things, now it is just dark.