eat up

phrasal verbPart ofeat

eat up — phrasal verb

1. to eat all of the food that has been given to you; also used figuratively to mea

1.phrasal verb
Definition

to eat all of the food that has been given to you; also used figuratively to mean consume entirely, leaving nothing.

Example

Otis told his son to eat up all the beans before he could have dessert.

The new video game system ate up every minute of his free time over the weekend.