eat something up



eat something up

1. tv. to consume something rapidly, such as food or money. Running this household eats my income up.
2. tv. to believe something. Those people really eat that stuff up about tax reduction.
3. tv. to appreciate something. The stuff about the federal budget went over well. They really ate up the whole story.
See also: eat, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lorenciolo-REN-thyo (Spanish), lo-REN-syo (Latin American Spanish)Medieval Spanish
Susannasoo-ZAHN-nah (Italian), SOO-sahn-nah (Finnish), soo-ZAN-ə (English)Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Bidane-Basque
MordecaiMAWR-də-kie (English)Biblical, Hebrew
Demetria-Ancient Greek, English
Manya-Russian