eat up eat up /iːt ʌp/

verb

1. () Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table  ( polish off , eat up , finish )
   finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
    She polished off the remaining potatoes
   She polished off the remaining potatoes
   
2. () Use up (resources or materials)  ( consume , deplete , eat , eat up , exhaust , run through , use up , wipe out )
   use up (resources or materials)
    This car consumes a lot of gas
   this car consumes a lot of gas
    We exhausted our savings
   We exhausted our savings
    They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
   They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
   
3. Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing  ( eat up , immerse , bury , swallow , swallow up )
   enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
    The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
   The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter