eat up

verb9

1. •
   To consume completely.

   • He was so hungry that he ate up everything on his plate.
   • Dinner is served. Eat up!
2. •
   (figurative) To subtract, use up.

   • His behavior has eaten up all the goodwill we felt towards him.
3. •
   (figurative) To cause (someone) to obsess; to figuratively consume (someone).

   • His anger has been eating him up.
4. •
   (informal, figurative) To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.

   • She ate up everything that her image consultant said.
5. •
   (slang) To be very good at; to succeed at; to smash. (Compare eat and leave no crumbs.)
6. •
   (informal, slang) To completely dominate someone else, especially with a comeback or clapback.

   • Girl, you ate him up!
7. •
   (slang) To acclaim or praise (someone or something); to consume (absorb information).

   • They eat up every book he puts out.
8. •
   (informal) To find something to be very cute.

   • You're so cute, I could just eat you up!
9. •
   (slang, figurative) To go quickly on a route.

   • We ate up the road to Pennsylvania.
   • You're gonna have to eat up the whole way there.