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Eat up meaning

Eat up is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to consume every portion of food served to you.

Past simple
ate up
Past participle
eaten up
-ing form
eating up

What eat up means

finish all foodB2

To consume every portion of food served to you

Eat up before your soup gets cold.

1 more meaning of eat up is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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Common questions

What does eat up mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is to consume every portion of food served to you. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of eat up?

Ate up. The past participle is eaten up.

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