use up
verb
used up; using up; uses up
: to exhaust of strength or useful properties
land that has been used up
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Examples of use up in a Sentence
we used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles
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Fry up some ham, or simply use up cold breakfast ham, and you're set with quite the traditional lunch that many Southern kids are familiar with.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025
New York can use up to three retention spots this trade deadline, which would be a shrewd way to collect middle-round draft picks.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Banking consolidation efforts can typically use up logistical resources during integration and pose distractions to management boards, analysts have warned.
—Chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Some districts build in snow days to their calendar, while others opt to use up to 36 virtual learning hours instead.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025
New York can use up to three retention spots this trade deadline, which would be a shrewd way to collect middle-round draft picks.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Banking consolidation efforts can typically use up logistical resources during integration and pose distractions to management boards, analysts have warned.
—Chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
Some districts build in snow days to their calendar, while others opt to use up to 36 virtual learning hours instead.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Use up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/use%20up. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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