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using up   (TTS Sound)

The noun using up has 1 sense

• consumption, using up, expenditure -- (the act of consuming something)

The verb use up has 2 senses

• consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out -- (use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week")


• take, occupy, use up -- (require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time")