Question 1

What does "eat up" mean?

Accepted Answer

To finish all of one's food; often used as an instruction to encourage someone to finish eating.

Question 2

How do you use "eat up" in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

Eat up your vegetables and then you can have dessert.

Question 3

Is "eat up" formal or informal?

Accepted Answer

"eat up" is register-neutral — appropriate in both casual and formal contexts. Very common in everyday English. As a direct instruction ('Eat up!'), it is especially used by parents talking to children. Figuratively, it means to consume or use resources rapidly (the commute eats up two hours a day). Also used informally to mean to enjoy something enthusiastically: 'She ate up the attention.'

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