Definitions for use up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out(verb)

    use up (resources or materials)

    "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

  2. take, occupy, use up(verb)

    require (time or space)

    "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. use up(verb)v. yuz or, for pt. form of 9, yust; n. yus

    to finish a supply of sth

    I used up all the soap.

Wiktionary

  1. use up(Verb)

    to consume, deplete or exhaust

  2. use up(Verb)

    to take or occupy


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