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eat up
verb
- also intr to eat or consume entirely: often used as an exhortation to children
- informal.to listen to with enthusiasm or appreciation
the audience ate up the speaker's every word
- informal.often passive to affect grossly
she was eaten up by jealousy
- informal.to travel (a distance) quickly
we just ate up the miles
Example Sentences
Toulon managed the game cleverly and two Domon penalties both managed the scoreboard and ate up precious seconds for the hosts.
Tuition ate up much of the couple’s savings, but they saw it as an investment in Canadian citizenship.
Repairs and registration ate up another couple of thousand dollars.
The Dodgers leaned on 10 different relievers — including two who also started games — to eat up 41.2 innings and land in the World Series against the New York Yankees.
At the end of a close football game, it is quite common for the team with the higher score to eat up the clock.
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