use up, v.
freq. cnt. 3
freq. cnt. 3
use up (resources or materials)
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
consume deplete eat eat up exhaust run through use up wipe out
sample sentences
"this car consumes a lot of gas""We exhausted our savings"
"They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
They %s more bread
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
They %s more bread
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
They %s more bread
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
They %s him of all his money
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run out
drain
indulge, luxuriate
burn off, burn, burn up
spend
exhaust, sap, run down, play out, tire
hypernym
verb group
require (time or space)
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 75 freq. cnt.: 74 freq. cnt.: 1
occupy take use up
sample sentences
"It took three hours to get to work this morning""This event occupied a very short time"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
They %s a long time
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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