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eats up

eats up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of eat up.

Meaning of eat up

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To consume completely.
    • He was so hungry that he ate up everything on his plate.
  2. (figuratively, slang, transitive) To cause (someone) to obsess; to figuratively consume (someone).
    • His anger has been eating him up.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To subtract, use up.
    • His behavior has eaten up all the goodwill we felt towards him.
  4. (figuratively, informal, transitive) To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.
    • She ate up everything that her image consultant said.
  5. (slang, transitive) To acclaim or praise (someone or something); to consume (absorb information).
    • They eat up every book he puts out.
  6. (US, informal, transitive) To find something to be very cute.
    • You're so cute, I could just eat you up!

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What is eats up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Eats up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of eat up.

Words near eats up in the dictionary

  1. eats the mic
  2. eats the onion
  3. eats the seed corn
  4. eats to windward
  5. eats twat
  6. eats up
  7. eats up with a spoon
  8. eats, breathes, and sleeps
  9. eatware
  10. eatworthy
  11. eaty

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