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eating up with a spoon

eating up with a spoon is the present participle and gerund of eat up with a spoon.

Meaning of eat up with a spoon

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

Questions about eating up with a spoon

What is eating up with a spoon the present participle and gerund of?
Eating up with a spoon is the present participle and gerund of eat up with a spoon.

Words near eating up with a spoon in the dictionary

  1. eating the mic
  2. eating the onion
  3. eating the seed corn
  4. eating twat
  5. eating up
  6. eating up with a spoon
  7. eating, breathing, and sleeping
  8. eating-disorder
  9. eating-disordered
  10. eating-disorders
  11. eatings

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