"eat up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-eat up.ogg [Australia] Forms: eats up [present, singular, third-person], eating up [participle, present], ate up [past], eaten up [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|eat<,,ate,eaten> up}} eat up (third-person singular simple present eats up, present participle eating up, simple past ate up, past participle eaten up)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To consume completely. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (consume completely): κατεσθίω (katesthíō) (Ancient Greek), 吃光 (chīguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), авызлаш (avyzlaš) (Eastern Mari), syödä loppuun (Finnish), dévorer (French), aufessen (German), 平らげる (tairageru) (Japanese), exedō (Latin), dojadać [imperfective] (Polish), dojeść [perfective] (Polish), wyjadać [imperfective] (Polish), wyjeść [perfective] (Polish), съесть (sʺjestʹ) [perfective] (Russian), дое́сть (dojéstʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-eat_up-en-verb-rJIEMuWy Disambiguation of 'consume completely': 77 14 3 2 3
  2. (transitive, figurative) To subtract, use up. Tags: figuratively, transitive Related terms: chow down, eat something up with a spoon
    Sense id: en-eat_up-en-verb-cId2oUM1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 47 6 29 15 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 6 47 8 21 18
  3. (transitive, figurative, informal) To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning. Tags: figuratively, informal, transitive Translations (accept or believe entirely): nielaista (Finnish), engolir (Portuguese), tragarse (Spanish), comerse con patatas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-eat_up-en-verb-OMSDWef9 Disambiguation of 'accept or believe entirely': 5 4 81 5 5
  4. (transitive, US, informal) To find something to be very cute (typically only used for children or pets). Tags: US, informal, transitive Translations (find to be cute): comerse con patatas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-eat_up-en-verb-ou8-8F5l Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'find to be cute': 2 6 4 78 10
  5. (transitive, slang) To be very good at; to succeed at; to smash. (Compare eat and leave no crumbs.) Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-eat_up-en-verb-ld6MZAV~

Inflected forms

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