eat up

US /iːt ˈʌp/

UK /iːt ˈʌp/

1.

to consume all of something, especially food

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The children quickly ate up all the cookies.

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Make sure you eat up all your vegetables.

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devour finish consume gobble up polish off

2.

to use up a large amount of something, especially resources or time

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This old car eats up a lot of gas.

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The new software will eat up a lot of memory.

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deplete exhaust drain consume gobble up

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eats eat eat in eat into eat out eating disorder clean eating