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eat up

Dictionary definition · eat up

verb

  1. finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table"She polished off the remaining potatoes"
  2. use up (resources or materials)"this car consumes a lot of gas"
  3. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing"The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).