eat up

1. (ambitransitive)To consume completely.

   He was so hungry that he ate up everything on his plate.

   Dinner is served. Eat up!

   aufessen, zusammenessen

   съестьsʺjestʹ, дое́стьdojéstʹ

   enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

2. (figuratively, slang, transitive)To cause (someone) to obsess; to figuratively consume (someone).

   His anger has been eating him up.

3. (figuratively, transitive)To subtract, use up.

   His behavior has eaten up all the goodwill we felt towards him.

   use up (resources or materials)

4. (figuratively, informal, transitive)To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.

   She ate up everything that her image consultant said.

5. (slang, transitive)To acclaim or praise (someone or something); to consume (absorb information).

   They eat up every book he puts out.

6. (US, informal, transitive)To find something to be very cute.

   You're so cute, I could just eat you up!

7. (figuratively, slang, transitive)To go quickly on a route.

   We ate up the road to Pennsylvania.

   You're gonna have to eat up the whole way there.

8. (slang, transitive)To be very good at; to succeed at; to smash. (Compare eat and leave no crumbs.)

9. (informal, slang)To completely dominate someone else, especially with a comeback or clapback.

   Girl, you ate him up!

1. I'll eat standing up.

   Я поїм стоячи. — deniko

   ruЯ поем стоя. — marafon

   deIch werde im Stehen essen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. I ate it up.

   Я це з'їла. — deniko

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3. As soon as Tom finished eating, he got up and left the table.

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4. Tom ate up all the cookies.

   ruТом слопал всё печенье. — marafon

   deTom hat die ganzen Kekse aufgegessen. — wolfgangth

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5. The cake was all eaten up before I got home.

   ruТорт был съеден раньше, чем я пришёл домой. — soweli_Elepanto

   deDer Kuchen war verputzt, ehe ich nach Hause kam. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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irregular · Lesson

• eat upвикористовувати, використатиTo consume completely.
• eat downїсти, з'їстиSynonym of eat (“to be very good; to rule”).
• eat awayеродуватиTo physically corrode or erode (something) gradually.
• eat intoтерти, натертиTo consume gradually, especially by erosion.
• eat outTo dine at a restaurant or such public place.
• eat inTo eat a meal at home.