use up

verb

used up; using up; uses up

transitive verb

: to exhaust of strength or useful properties

land that has been used up

Synonyms of use up

• spend
• consume
• drain
• exhaust
• play out
• draw down
• run out of
• reduce
• use
• absorb
• burn

Examples of use up in a Sentence

we used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles

Recent Examples on the Web

Fed into a calculation, it is used up to perform the extra gate, and any flaw in the state becomes a flaw in the gate. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

Lesley-Anne Down believes she's already used up three of her nine lives. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Houston put the game away in the third quarter with a 17-play drive using up 8 minutes, 23 seconds. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

The experiment used up to 100 qubits and demonstrated a key technique for developing more reliable quantum machines. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1712, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for use up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup

Kids Definition

use up

verb

: to make complete use of : exhaust

used up all the supplies