1.
Consume completely, as in The kids used up all their money playing video games. [Late 1700s]
2.
Exhaust, tire out, as in I'm totally used up from digging that hole. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]
| Idioms: use up |
1.
Consume completely, as in The kids used up all their money playing video games. [Late 1700s]
2.
Exhaust, tire out, as in I'm totally used up from digging that hole. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]
| WordNet: use up |
The verb has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
use up, as of resources or materials
Synonyms: consume, eat up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
Meaning #2:
as of time or space
Synonyms: take, occupy
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