use up
verb
used up; using up; uses up
: to exhaust of strength or useful properties
land that has been used up
Examples of use up in a Sentence
we used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles
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For instance, a toilet designed before 1992 may use up to 7 gallons of water per flush, whereas modern toilets use an average of 1.6 gallons per flush.
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2025
Idaho Education Opportunity Program: House Bill 164 would create a program to allow eligible families to use up to 80% of the average per student state funding on non-public education expenses, including private school tuition.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 18 Feb. 2025
Been looking for a way to use up that open jar of salsa in the fridge?
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2025
Mandatory spending uses up roughly $4 trillion in federal dollars each year, with Social Security making up $1.5 trillion of that, roughly 21 percent of the entire budget.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2025
Idaho Education Opportunity Program: House Bill 164 would create a program to allow eligible families to use up to 80% of the average per student state funding on non-public education expenses, including private school tuition.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 18 Feb. 2025
Been looking for a way to use up that open jar of salsa in the fridge?
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2025
Mandatory spending uses up roughly $4 trillion in federal dollars each year, with Social Security making up $1.5 trillion of that, roughly 21 percent of the entire budget.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Use up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/use%20up. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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