- eat something up
- use resources or time in very large quantities
an operating system that eats up 200Mb of disk space
■ encroach on somethingthis is the countryside that villagers fear will be eaten up by concrete
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
eat something up
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eat something for breakfast — If you eat something for breakfast, you can do it effortlessly, and if you eat someone for breakfast, you can beat them easily … The small dictionary of idiomes
eat something up — 1. tv. to consume something rapidly, such as food or money. □ Running this household eats my income up. CD The car really eats up gas. 2. tv. to believe something. □ Those people really eat that stuff up about tax reduction. CD They’ll eat up… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
eat something up — use resources in very large quantities. → eat … English new terms dictionary
eat something for breakfast — eat (someone/something) for breakfast to deal with someone or something easily and completely. People say she eats her competitors for breakfast. He is a level headed guy who eats pressure for breakfast … New idioms dictionary
eat something away — ˌeat sthaˈway derived to reduce or destroy sth gradually Syn: ↑erode • The coastline is being eaten away year by year. Main entry: ↑eatderived … Useful english dictionary
eat something away or eat away at/into — erode or destroy something gradually. → eat … English new terms dictionary
eat — W1S1 [i:t] v past tense ate [et, eıt US eıt] past participle eaten [ˈi:tn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(meal)¦ 3 eat your words 4 eat your heart out 5 eat somebody alive/eat somebody for breakfast 6¦(use)¦ 7 eat humble pie … Dictionary of contemporary English
eat — ► VERB (past ate; past part. eaten) 1) put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it. 2) (eat out or in) have a meal in a restaurant (or at home). 3) (eat something away or eat away at/into) gradually erode or des … English terms dictionary
eat you up — eat (you) up to spoil your life. The danger of a busy professional life is that it will eat you up. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of eat something up (= to use something so there is little or nothing left) … New idioms dictionary
eat up — eat (you) up to spoil your life. The danger of a busy professional life is that it will eat you up. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of eat something up (= to use something so there is little or nothing left) … New idioms dictionary
