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eat it up

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eat it up

to enjoy something completely. She has the kind of cheery voice that adults might dislike but little kids just eat it up.

Related vocabulary: lap up something

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of eat something up (= to finish the food you have)

See also: eat

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