use up
verb
used up; using up; uses up
: to exhaust of strength or useful properties
land that has been used up
Examples of use up in a Sentence
we used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles
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Like a digital intermission clock of sorts that kept the audience abreast of what percentage of the time between sets had been used up.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Definitely used up all my thrift luck with this one.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Needing one first down to seal the game, the Panthers and Canales correctly took one last risk, letting Young throw on third down instead of conservatively running the ball into the line to use up Miami’s final timeout.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2025
Misa Arashi had already used up her one meeting to see her best friend.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Definitely used up all my thrift luck with this one.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Needing one first down to seal the game, the Panthers and Canales correctly took one last risk, letting Young throw on third down instead of conservatively running the ball into the line to use up Miami’s final timeout.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2025
Misa Arashi had already used up her one meeting to see her best friend.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Use up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/use%20up. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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