eat up

/ˈiːt ˈʌp/

to eat up

MAIN VERB

[phrase form: eat]

use up (resources or materials)

synonyms : consume

to eat food completely or finish a meal

synonyms : finish

enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

synonyms : bury

*** Accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning

**** enjoy something greatly

eat up

*** something that you say to someone, especially a child, in order to tell them to eat their food

Examples

1. Narrator: Delivery alone ate up 36% of revenue.

2. Eat up.

3. You fancy freaks eat up your slop.

4. In fact, one ate up one player of each team.