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Synonyms & Antonyms of eat (up)
1
to receive or accept gladly or readily
- predictably, moviegoers ate up the sequel to last summer's blockbuster
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2
to destroy all trace of
- the surf created by a powerful hurricane could really eat up what's left of the island's eastern beach
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