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[eat up] {v.}
1. To eat all of.
After hiking all afternoon, theyquickly ate up all of the
dinner.
2. To use all of.
Idle talk hadeaten up the hour before they knew
it.
3. {slang} To accept eagerly;welcome.
The girls told John he was a hero
because he made thewinning touchdown, and he ate up their praise.
Jim told
Marthathat she was as smart as she was beautiful and Martha ate it
up.
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