use up
Britishverb
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to finish (a supply); consume completely
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to exhaust; wear out
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Consume completely, as in The kids used up all their money playing video games . [Late 1700s]
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Exhaust, tire out, as in I'm totally used up from digging that hole . [ Colloquial ; mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
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Capacity constraints kept it from meeting all of its client computing demand, and its longer-term plans to boost Copilot capabilities used up a larger chunk of the remainder.
From Barron's
“Don’t use up your energy! And don’t tire the donkey, or it will stop and refuse to move!”
From Literature
He felt achy, like he’d been running, and all his muscles were used up.
From Literature
"We had set aside a small amount of money at home that helped us at first, but after a year almost all of it is used up," she said.
From Barron's
The cooling systems are projected to use up to 33 billion gallons of water by 2028 per year.
From Los Angeles Times
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