eat up

verb

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

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