"eat up with a spoon" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: eats up with a spoon [present, singular, third-person], eating up with a spoon [participle, present], ate up with a spoon [past], eaten up with a spoon [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|eat<,,ate,eaten> up with a spoon}} eat up with a spoon (third-person singular simple present eats up with a spoon, present participle eating up with a spoon, simple past ate up with a spoon, past participle eaten up with a spoon)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) To accept (something) very eagerly. Tags: idiomatic, informal Related terms: hook, line and sinker Translations (to accept something very eagerly): comulgar con ruedas de molino (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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