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present tense third-person singular of eat (up)
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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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“Eats (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eats%20%28up%29. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.
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