drink up
Example Sentences
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Vernice was “destined for more education and a husband who made his living sitting a chair”; Annie hoped “for factory work and a man who didn’t drink up his pay.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
"Up to the river, up to the water source where people drink, up to ponds where people catch fish."
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024
You have to know the birds, what plants they favor, how often they return to drink up.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2022
Others, like the North American pitcher plant, are from the country’s steamy, boggy parts of the southeast, so they prefer to be outdoors in Southern California where they can drink up all our heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
It was pleasant to take a hot drink up to her room and have it beside her as she sat in her silent room reading in the empty house in the afternoons.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
