use up

verb

1. to finish (a supply); consume completely

2. to exhaust; wear out

Idioms and Phrases

Consume completely, as in The kids used up all their money playing video games . [Late 1700s]

Exhaust, tire out, as in I'm totally used up from digging that hole . [ Colloquial ; mid-1800s]

Related Words

• clear 
• consume 
• deplete 
• discharge 
• drain 
• drink 
• dump 
• escape 
• evacuate 
• exhaust 
• gut 
• leak 
• purge 
• run out 
• unload 
• vacate