eat up
eat up /iːt ʌp/
verb
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()
Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
(
polish off
, eat up
, finish
)
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
She polished off the remaining potatoes
She polished off the remaining potatoes
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()
Use up (resources or materials)
(
consume
, deplete
, eat
, eat up
, exhaust
, run through
, use up
, wipe out
)
use up (resources or materials)
This car consumes a lot of gas
this car consumes a lot of gas
We exhausted our savings
We exhausted our savings
They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
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Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
(
eat up
, immerse
, bury
, swallow
, swallow up
)
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter