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
And if you’re urinating less than normal, it’s probably time to drink up.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024
Water supply in the village "has been safe to drink up to this point".
From BBC • May 30, 2024
Or how gardens thirstily drink up quantities of water that would quickly form puddles on a lawn?
From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2023
As each sheet was passed to him, he scattered fine sand across the signature to drink up excess ink, shook it off, and set the note aside.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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