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eat up

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /ˌit ˈʌp/ · UK /ˌiːt ˈʌp/

eat up means: To eat all of some food.

verb

FINISH FOODA2

To eat all of some food.

  • Eat up your lunch.
  • The children ate up all the cake.
  • Have you eaten your vegetables up?

How to use it: eat something up / eat up something (The children ate their lunch up.); eat it/them up (There are two biscuits left; eat them up.)

Similar words: finish, eat all of

Common phrases: eat up something, eat something up

USE RESOURCESB2

To use a large amount of money, time, space, or another resource.

  • Rent eats up most of my pay.
  • The repairs ate up all our savings.
  • These files are eating up the computer’s memory.

How to use it: eat up something / eat something up (Repairs ate up our savings.)

Similar words: use up, consume, exhaust

Opposites: save

Common phrases: eat up time, eat up money, eat something up

TROUBLE DEEPLYB2

To make someone feel very worried, angry, or upset for a long time.

  • Guilt was eating him up.
  • Don’t let jealousy eat you up.
  • She was eaten up by regret after the argument.

How to use it: eat someone up (Guilt was eating him up.); be eaten up by/with something (She was eaten up with worry.)

Similar words: torment, consume

Common phrases: eat someone up, eat up someone

ENJOY EAGERLYC1

To enjoy or take in something with great interest or pleasure.

  • The audience ate up her jokes.
  • He loves attention and eats it up.
  • Her fans ate up every detail of the new book.

How to use it: eat up something / eat something up (The audience ate up his jokes.)

Similar words: lap up, relish, devour

Common phrases: eat up praise, eat something up

BELIEVE READILYC1

To believe everything someone says without asking whether it is true.

  • He ate up every lie.
  • She told a wild story, and they ate it up.
  • Why do you eat up everything that salesman says?

How to use it: eat up something / eat something up (He ate up every excuse she offered.)

Similar words: swallow, buy, believe

Opposites: doubt

Common phrases: eat up lies, eat something up

FIND ADORABLEC1

To feel that someone is so cute you want to show great affection.

  • You’re so cute I could eat you up!
  • Look at those tiny cheeks; I could eat him up.
  • She kissed the baby and said she could eat her up.

How to use it: could eat someone/something up (That puppy is so cute I could eat it up.)

Similar words: adore

Common phrases: eat someone up, eat something up

Questions about eat up

What does eat up mean?

To eat all of some food.

What is eat up in other languages?

Türkçe: yiyip bitirmek · Español: comerse todo · Français: manger entièrement · Deutsch: aufessen · Italiano: mangiare tutto · 日本語: 食べ尽くす

How do you pronounce eat up?

In American English /ˌit ˈʌp/; in British English /ˌiːt ˈʌp/.

How do you use eat up in a sentence?

Eat up your lunch. The children ate up all the cake.

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