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| eat up |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb eat completely: to consume food completely or with great appetite
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2. transitive verb obsess somebody: to absorb or obsess somebody
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usually passive
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 hard to avoid being eaten up by envy
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3. transitive verb receive something enthusiastically: to receive something with enthusiasm or pleasure
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informal
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The reading public eats up everything she writes.
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4. transitive verb consume something quickly: to consume or deal with something quickly
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informal
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Commuting eats up my time.
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