use up
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(verb) spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days" |
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Synonyms: spend |
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Related Words: expend, overspend, underspend, use |
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(verb) use up, as of resources or materials; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
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Synonyms: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, wipe out |
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Related Words: burn, burn off, burn up, drain, drop, expend, indulge, luxuriate, run out, sap, spend |
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(verb) as of time or space: "I took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" |
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Synonyms: occupy, take |
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Related Words: be, expend, use |
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(verb) deplete; "exhaust one's savings" |
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Synonyms: exhaust, run down, sap, tire |
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Related Words: drain, sap |
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