eaten up with/by

idiom

: unable to escape (a feeling, such as jealousy, bitterness, etc.) and made unhappy by it

He was eaten up with envy of his brother's success.

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Some of that would be eaten up by increases in the reimbursement rate for interim housing proposed to go into effect next year. —

Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024 Its channels have historically been steeped in industrial pollution thanks to a shoreline that has been, until recently, eaten up by power plants, warehouses, and depots. —

John Surico, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2024 The strike has exposed fault lines inside a company where senior executives long focused on returns, while Machinists saw their wages eaten up by inflation and their pension plan evaporate under a controversial 2014 contract. —

Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024 In Rome’s historic center, for example, they’ll get eaten up by the sampietrini, or cobblestones. —

Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for eaten up with/by

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