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Eat up
Verb
Definitions
1.
Verb
To consume completely.
"He was so hungry that he ate up everything on his plate.; Dinner is served. Eat up!"
2.
Verb
To cause (someone) to obsess; to figuratively consume (someone).
"His anger has been eating him up."
3.
Verb
To subtract, use up.
"His behavior has eaten up all the goodwill we felt towards him."
4.
Verb
To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.
"She ate up everything that her image consultant said."
5.
Verb
To acclaim or praise (someone or something); to consume (absorb information).
"They eat up every book he puts out."
6.
Verb
To find something to be very cute.
"You're so cute, I could just eat you up!"
7.
Verb
To go quickly on a route.
"We ate up the road to Pennsylvania.; You're gonna have to eat up the whole way there."
8.
Verb
To be very good at; to succeed at; to smash. (Compare eat and leave no crumbs.)
9.
Verb
To completely dominate someone else, especially with a comeback or clapback.
"Girl, you ate him up!"
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