use up
use up
1. To exhaust or fatigue someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "use" and "up." All of that cleaning totally used me up—I need a nap.
2. To deplete an entire supply or amount of something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "use" and "up." I can't believe you used up all of my shampoo and just left the empty bottle in the shower!
See also: up, use
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
use someone up
Fig. to use all the effort or talent a person has. His career simply used him up. I used myself up. I'm done. I can't function anymore.
See also: up, use
use something up
to consume or use all of something. Use the flour up. I have more in the cupboard. Use up every bit of it. Go ahead.
See also: up, use
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
use up
1. Consume completely, as in The kids used up all their money playing video games. [Late 1700s]
2. Exhaust, tire out, as in I'm totally used up from digging that hole. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]
See also: up, use
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
use up
v.
To consume something completely: We used up all our money on repairs for the house. We used all the gas up before we reached the gas station.
See also: up, use
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- (Is) this taken?
- empty in(to) (something)
- empty into
- enlist in
- enlist in (something)
- count in
- batten
- batten down
- copy out
- copy out (by hand)