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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
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Your mother’s money may have been eaten up by long-term care expenses, which can be breathtakingly expensive.
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Kenan’s time at the gym began to eat up the rest of his life.
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NHS Providers, representing trusts across England, says most of that money has been eaten up by everyday pressures including wage rises, inflation and drug price increases.
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The cost of living is eating up salaries and savings across the country.
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At the beginning of this decade, increased demand in the UK ate up the 10% of his oysters that were being exported to continental Europe.
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