eat up (English, verb)
expansion: eat up (third-person singular simple present eats up, present participle eating up, simple past ate up, past participle eaten up)
Senses:
glosses: To consume completely.
tags: ambitransitive
glosses: To cause (someone) to obsess; to figuratively consume (someone).
tags: figuratively
slang
transitive
glosses: To subtract, use up.
tags: figuratively
transitive
glosses: To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.
tags: figuratively
informal
transitive
glosses: To acclaim or praise (someone or something).
tags: slang
transitive
glosses: To find something to be very cute.
tags: US
informal
transitive
raw_tags: of children or pets
glosses: To go quickly on a route.
tags: figuratively
slang
transitive
glosses: To be very good at; to succeed at; to smash. (Compare eat and leave no crumbs.)
tags: slang
transitive
glosses: To completely dominate someone else, especially with a comeback or clapback.
tags: informal
slang
Forms:
form: eats up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: eating up
tags: participle
present
form: ate up
tags: past
form: eaten up
tags: participle
past