Use Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The difficult project used up most of our time last month.
- Her graduation party took the whole room, so we had to use up the entire space.
- Donating to several charities every month gradually used up her financial aid.
- Planning the wedding used up all of their summer break since they decided on a short engagement period.
- Filling out all those forms used up the last of our office supplies and space on the desk.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Meaning 2
Use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.