"eat up with a spoon" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eats (something) up with a spoon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eating (something) up with a spoon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ate (something) up with a spoon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eaten (something) up with a spoon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "eat<,,ate,eaten> (something) up with a spoon"
      },
      "expansion": "eat up with a spoon (third-person singular simple present eats (something) up with a spoon, present participle eating (something) up with a spoon, simple past ate (something) up with a spoon, past participle eaten (something) up with a spoon)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, J. D. Robb, Rapture in Death",
          "text": "The public not only has the right to know, they eat it up with a spoon. Ratings rocketed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Hollis Shiloh, Keep",
          "text": "I liked how relaxing it was, sleeping with Colin. He never pushed, and he touched me like I was worth memorizing, cherishing. I hadn't had a lot of that in my life, and heaven help me, I ate it up with a spoon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To accept (something) very eagerly."
      ],
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        [
          "accept",
          "accept"
        ],
        [
          "eagerly",
          "eagerly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To accept (something) very eagerly."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hook, line and sinker"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to accept something very eagerly",
          "word": "comulgar con ruedas de molino"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eat up with a spoon"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eats (something) up with a spoon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eating (something) up with a spoon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ate (something) up with a spoon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eaten (something) up with a spoon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eat<,,ate,eaten> (something) up with a spoon"
      },
      "expansion": "eat up with a spoon (third-person singular simple present eats (something) up with a spoon, present participle eating (something) up with a spoon, simple past ate (something) up with a spoon, past participle eaten (something) up with a spoon)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hook, line and sinker"
    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, J. D. Robb, Rapture in Death",
          "text": "The public not only has the right to know, they eat it up with a spoon. Ratings rocketed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Hollis Shiloh, Keep",
          "text": "I liked how relaxing it was, sleeping with Colin. He never pushed, and he touched me like I was worth memorizing, cherishing. I hadn't had a lot of that in my life, and heaven help me, I ate it up with a spoon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To accept (something) very eagerly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accept",
          "accept"
        ],
        [
          "eagerly",
          "eagerly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To accept (something) very eagerly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to accept something very eagerly",
      "word": "comulgar con ruedas de molino"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eat up with a spoon"
}