Phrasal Verb: Eat up

Phrasal Verb: Eat up


Meaning: Eat all of something

Example: If you don't EAT UP your greens, you won't get any dessert.

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Phrasal Verb: Eat up


Meaning: Consume

Example: This car EATS UP petrol.

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Phrasal Verb: Eat up


Meaning: Consume something you don't want to be consumed

Example: The graphics EAT UP our bandwidth- they're costing us a fortune.

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Other Phrasal Verbs

We have 5 phrasal verbs with 'EAT'

- Eat away
- Eat in
- Eat into
- Eat out
- Eat up

 

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