use up
Example Sentences
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When your cash and bonds are used up, you move on to this bucket, which is still supplemented by your Social Security benefits.
From MarketWatch
In the comments, islanders suggested different ways for the groups to use up the fruit.
From BBC
Payment records suggest the newspapers used up to 14 private investigators to obtain information.
From BBC
For decades millions of Indian students have opted to study abroad, taking loans and using up family savings, mainly to migrate for better work opportunities.
From BBC
The initial construction cost around $75,000, which used up a chunk of our savings, but we’ve stayed debt-free and will add the internal fixtures and fittings slowly, as we earn the money.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
