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eat up with a spoon

eat up with a spoon verb: to accept (something) very eagerly.

Verb

eat up with a spoon (third-person singular simple present eats up with a spoon, present participle eating up with a spoon, simple past ate up with a spoon, past participle eaten up with a spoon)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To accept (something) very eagerly.
    • The public not only has the right to know, they eat it up with a spoon. Ratings rocketed.2010, J. D. Robb, Rapture in Death
    • I liked how relaxing it was, sleeping with Colin. He never pushed, and he touched me like I was worth memorizing, cherishing. I hadn't had a lot of that in my life, and heaven help me, I ate it up with a spoon.2016, Hollis Shiloh, Keep

Forms of eat up with a spoon

third-person singular presenteats up with a spoon
present participleeating up with a spoon
pastate up with a spoon
past participleeaten up with a spoon

Questions about eat up with a spoon

What does eat up with a spoon mean?
Eat up with a spoon means to accept (something) very eagerly.
What part of speech is eat up with a spoon?
Eat up with a spoon is a verb.
What is the past tense of eat up with a spoon?
The past tense of eat up with a spoon is ate up with a spoon.

Words near eat up with a spoon in the dictionary

  1. eat the seed corn
  2. eat to live, not live to eat
  3. eat to windward
  4. eat twat
  5. eat up
  6. eat up with a spoon
  7. eat what you kill
  8. eat, breathe, and sleep
  9. eat, drink and be merry
  10. eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die
  11. eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die

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