eat up

美 [iːt ʌp] 英 [iːt ʌp]

eat up

Verb

finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table;

"She polished off the remaining potatoes"

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"

enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing;

"The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

eat up近义词

consume eat immerse deplete use up finish exhaust run through polish off swallow up bury swallow wipe out