Synonyms of using up

using up

verb

present participle of use up

as in spending

to make complete use of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spending
• consuming
• playing out
• draining
• exhausting
• running out of
• drawing down
• using
• reducing
• absorbing
• burning
• depleting
• eating
• expending
• cleaning (out)
• devouring
• decreasing
• emptying
• drying up
• wasting
• running through
• lowering
• diminishing
• throwing away
• frittering (away)
• downsizing
• weakening
• dwindling
• lessening
• undermining
• bankrupting
• disabling
• crippling
• debilitating
• impoverishing
• sapping
• enfeebling
• blowing
• abating
• de-escalating
• squandering
• guzzling
• lavishing
• dissipating
• misspending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• replacing
• increasing
• enforcing
• renewing
• reinforcing
• enlarging
• strengthening
• repairing
• restoring
• augmenting
• rebuilding
• preserving
• reviving
• saving
• conserving
• bolstering
• fortifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of using up

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

Communities are already fighting about data centers raising their power bills and using up precious water. — Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

Start using up your dill, then get ready to harvest again when the next plant has leaves. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026

Flight controllers managed to slow the tumble and stabilize the spacecraft, using up precious fuel. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

If moisture is needed to get things moving in the machine, add the kee lo by the 1 tablespoon, using up to ¼ cup total for a single batch. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Emily Weinstein, a researcher at the Center for Digital Thriving at Harvard, says some students are using up to seven different apps to manage everything from grades to sports team schedules. — Charlotte Hu, Time, 22 July 2026

The company claims its models can match or outperform frontier labs using up to 100 times fewer tokens, which are the currency for running AI queries. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 23 June 2026

This single observation suggests that, during strong wind conditions, each rotor would contribute about 1 MW of propulsion, even when using up its own 20 kW of spinning power. — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026