eat up!
Example Sentences
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It would have been untenable in a budget where bills and housing already ate up more than half of her monthly take-home pay.
From MarketWatch
Government debt outstanding now hovers near 250% of GDP and debt-service expenses eat up about a quarter of the government budget.
Leading the Premier League at Christmas before being eaten up by a relentless Pep Guardiola side is something the Gunners have got a little bit used to.
From BBC
“He’s so tough, a couple of times he just drags guys with him ... he epitomizes everything we want to be about ... he’s like Pac-Man, he just eats up yards and catches.”
From Los Angeles Times
Because the Browns are usually losing—often by a significant margin—opposing offenses spend big chunks of games focused on running the ball and eating up clock.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
