drink up

phrasal verb

drank up; drunk up or drank up; drinking up; drinks up
: to drink all of (something)
They drank up (all) the orange juice.
Here's a glass of the vineyard's latest wine. Drink up!

Examples of drink up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The newspaper won the court case, learning the facilities drank up 29% of the city’s water. Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024 The dairy products were also found to have no significant effect, even though some students drank up to 11 glasses of milk per day (for reasons unknown). Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2024 Dig in, drink up and bring your appetite to these area festivals. Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2024 And some local residents fear that the number of respiratory cases could soar even higher as the lithium mining projects drink up more of the area’s much fought over allocation from the Colorado River. Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for drink up 

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“Drink up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drink%20up. Accessed 22 Sep. 2024.

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