Idiom:  eat something up

Meaning

Idiom:  eat something up

  • to really like or enjoy something


Example sentences

— My best friend has a really fake laugh and I hate it but all the guys eat it up.

— I recommend taking your kids to a climbing wall—my children really eat it up.

— Just send your girlfriend flowers once a month to her office—I guarantee she’ll eat it up.

— My bosses jokes are so stupid and I hate how everybody else on the team eats them up.

— Let’s pull together some goody bags for the conference participants. They always eat that kind of thing up.

— Shall we make origami clothes out of money again this year? Our grandkids really ate those presents up last year.


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