eat up English

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What does eat up mean?

eat up

— verb (= finish, polish off) finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table She polished off the remaining potatoes

— verb (= consume, use up, exhaust, run through) use up (resources or materials) this car consumes a lot of gas We exhausted our savings They run through 20 bottles of wine a week

— verb (= swallow) enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter

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consume

eat

use up

devour

swallow

run through

gobble up

finish eating

wipe out

swallow up

finish

exhaust

drink up

deplete

wolf down

raven

polish off

immerse

guzzle

fret

bury

wear off

wear down

wear away

wear

take in

subjugate

stuff in

squander

spend

shark

scuff

rub down

put down

lay out

lap up

ingest

incinerate

gulp

gobble

get through

fool away

finish off

expend

empty

eat away

drop

drink

drain

dissipate

Topics eat up topics

What do people use eat up to talk about?

Work and occupation Finance Financial transaction

Spend

• What words refer to spending lots of money?
  spend a lot go to great expense spare no expense shell out go through eat up

Examples eat up examples

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These girls need to be in jail and eat bean rice to wake them up.