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Definition eat up in British English

eat up phrasal verb

phrasal verb
1

to eat all of something

Example

Come on, eat up your broccoli.

Example

Eat up, and we'll go for a walk.

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2

to use large amounts of your available time or money

Example

Having children eats up a lot of a family's income.

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Example

They drove on, eating up the distance between themselves and home.

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4

to feel a negative emotion so strongly that it is difficult to think about anything else

Example

Paula was eaten up by guilt for days.

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5

to like something so much that you want to hear or see more

Example

The press argued over the book, and the public was eating it up.

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Definition eat up in British English