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
And if you’re urinating less than normal, it’s probably time to drink up.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024
Or how gardens thirstily drink up quantities of water that would quickly form puddles on a lawn?
From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2023
Jimmy, who’ll drink up the attention any girl gives him, gave a halfsmile and glanced down at the paper on his desk.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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