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eat up

verb

  1. also intr to eat or consume entirely: often used as an exhortation to children
  2. informal.
    to listen to with enthusiasm or appreciation

    the audience ate up the speaker's every word

  3. informal.
    often passive to affect grossly

    she was eaten up by jealousy

  4. informal.
    to travel (a distance) quickly

    we just ate up the miles

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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