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!

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For tea drinkers, cardiometabolic risk decreased the most for those who drank up to three cups daily, but the benefits tapered off after that. —

Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024 Best applied at night before bed, this boasts a slip, water-like texture that the scalp drinks up in a matter of seconds. —

Kiana Murden, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for drink up