1
as in to welcome
to receive or accept gladly or readily
predictably, moviegoers ate up the sequel to last summer's blockbuster
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2
as in to consume
to destroy all trace of
the surf created by a powerful hurricane could really eat up what's left of the island's eastern beach
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eat (up)
Verb
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After debuting her baby dump in October, the Oscar-winning actress welcomed her second child with husband Cooke Maroney.—
Vivian Kwarm,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025 -
Since their engagement in 2014, Jill and Derick have gotten married and welcomed three children: Israel, 10, Samuel, 7, and Freddy, 2.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Melissa tells Shauna that, after learning about adult Natalie’s death on the grounds of Lottie’s doomed cult, she became consumed with guilt and paranoia; after all, her own wife doesn’t know that Melissa knew her mother, let alone probably witnessed her death.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Mar. 2025
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Early in his career, Ben Lively’s emotions consumed him.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Mars enters Leo on the 18th, which should give you the strength to embrace major transformation this month with confidence.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Apr. 2025
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Why did evangelicals broadly not embrace someone else in the 2024 primary?—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Eat (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eat%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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