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Antonyms for use up
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : verb yooz or for pt for mof 9, yoost; noun yoos |
Phonetic Transcription : verb yuz or for pt for mof 9, yust; noun yus |
- abstain
- accumulate
- achieve
- activate
- add
- adorn
- aid
- allow
- animate
- appear
- assist
- augment
- be born
- be lazy
- bear
- beautify
- begin
- build
- building
- cheer
- collect
- commence
- confront
- construct
- create
- creation
- cure
- decorate
- delight
- develop
- disagree
- dislike
- disrobe
- earn
- enable
- encourage
- energize
- enlarge
- enliven
- expand
- extend
- face
- fight
- fill
- fire
- fix
- freshen
- gather
- get
- give
- grow
- hasten
- hate
- heal
- help
- hoard
- hold
- hold on to
- honor
- hurry
- ignore
- improve
- increase
- inspirit
- invigorate
- keep
- lay off
- let go
- load
- lose
- maintain
- make happy
- meet
- mend
- mismatch
- misuse
- neglect
- nibble
- occupy
- open
- ornament
- permit
- pick
- please
- pour
- praise
- preserve
- protect
- push
- put in
- raise
- rebuild
- receive
- refresh
- refuse
- reject
- repair
- replenish
- rush
- sanctify
- save
- set aside
- shun
- start
- starve
- stay
- stop
- store
- strengthen
- succeed
- success
- surrender
- take
- take away
- take in
- take off
- unemploy
- win
- withhold
- work
- yield
Definition of use up
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French us, from Latin usus "use, custom, skill, habit," from past participle stem of uti (see use (v.)).
- As in ruination : noun ruin
- As in lose : verb be deprived of; mislay
- As in polish off : verb use up
- As in ruin : verb devastate, destroy
- As in spend : verb give, pay out
- As in trifle : verb toy with; mess around
- As in wear : verb corrode, use
- As in pauperize : verb ruin
- As in poop : verb exhaust
- As in tire out : verb exhaust
- As in deplete : verb consume, exhaust supply
- As in devour : verb swallow, consume
- As in dissipate : verb expend, spend
- As in drain : verb remove liquid; remove supply
- As in employ : verb make use of
- As in empty : verb remove contents
- As in exhaust : verb tire or wear out
- As in expend : verb exhaust; spend
- As in go : verb die, collapse
- I am afraid that this prolific letter-writing will use up Garibaldi.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- Use up all the tomatoes and crumbs in this way, letting the last layer be of crumbs.
- Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
- Game's plenty, and so is fish, and we won't have to use up our provisions.
- Extract from : « Two Arrows » by William O. Stoddard
- Page after page he runs on, seemingly with no other object than to use up time.
- Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson
- It is not wise, Susan, to use up so much energy and feeling in that way.
- Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz
- These crops form too stiff a sod and use up too much moisture.
- Extract from : « Apple Growing » by M. C. Burritt
- "But the Spaniards may use up all their ammunition," he thought to himself.
- Extract from : « A Prisoner of Morro » by Upton Sinclair
- They will use up a lot of it in a simian habit3 called travel.
- Extract from : « This Simian World » by Clarence Day
- They rush at a thing with a whoop and use up all their wind in that.
- Extract from : « Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son » by George Horace Lorimer
- And use up what strength you have so that you could not even ride?
- Extract from : « The Man of the Desert » by Grace Livingston Hill
Synonyms for use up
- abate
- abrade
- absorb
- allocate
- amuse oneself
- annihilate
- ante up
- apply
- appreciate
- bane
- bankrupt
- be careless
- be engrossed by
- be impoverished
- be insincere
- be preoccupied
- be reduced
- be wasteful with
- be worthless
- become poorer
- become threadbare
- become worn
- beggar
- bend
- bereave
- bestow
- bleed
- bleed dry
- blow
- bolt
- bolt down
- botch
- break
- bring down
- bring to bear
- bring to ruin
- burn out
- burn up
- bust
- capitulate
- cast away
- catheterize
- cave
- chafe
- chow down
- clean out
- clear
- come across
- come through
- concentrate
- conclude
- confer
- conk out
- consume
- contribute
- coquet
- cough up
- cram
- cripple
- crumble
- crush
- cut down
- dabble
- dally
- dawdle
- debilitate
- decant
- decay
- decease
- decimate
- decline
- decrease
- deface
- default
- defeat
- defile
- defray
- delight in
- demise
- demolish
- depart
- deplete
- deplore
- depredate
- desecrate
- despoil
- destroy
- destroyer
- destruction
- deteriorate
- devitalize
- devour
- dig into
- dilapidate
- dilly-dally
- diminish
- disable
- disburse
- discharge
- disfigure
- disgorge
- dish out
- disinherit
- dispatch
- dispense
- displace
- dispose of
- dispossess
- dissipate
- distribute
- divert
- divest
- do away with
- do compulsively
- do in
- do voraciously
- donate
- doodle
- down
- downfall
- draft
- drain
- draw
- draw off
- drink
- drink in
- drink up
- drop
- dry
- dry up
- dump
- dwindle
- eat
- eat up
- ebb
- eject
- eliminate
- employ
- empty
- enervate
- enfeeble
- engage
- enjoy
- erode
- escape
- evacuate
- evote
- exercise
- exert
- exhaust
- expel
- expend
- expire
- exploit
- fade
- fag
- fail
- fail to keep
- fall short
- fatigue
- feast on
- feed on
- fidget
- fill
- filter off
- finish
- finish off
- finish up
- finish using
- fleece
- flirt
- flow out
- fold up
- fool
- fool around
- fool with
- foot the bill
- forfeit
- forget
- fork out
- fray
- frazzle
- free from
- fribble
- fritter
- fritter away
- futz around
- gall
- get last drop
- get rid of
- give
- give up
- gloat over
- go through
- go to seed
- gobble
- gorge
- graze
- grind
- gulp
- gulp down
- gut
- guzzle
- hand out
- handle
- Hoover
- horse around
- idle
- imbibe
- impair
- impoverish
- indulge in
- indulge oneself
- ingest
- inhale
- injure
- invest
- jade
- keep busy
- kiss goodbye
- lavish
- lay out
- lay waste
- lead on
- leak
- leave
- lessen
- liquidate
- loiter
- lollygag
- lounge
- maim
- make a mess of
- make void
- mangle
- manipulate
- mar
- mess with
- milk
- misplace
- miss
- misspend
- misuse
- monkey
- monkey with
- mutilate
- occupy
- operate
- oust
- outlay
- overdo
- overexert
- overextend
- overfatigue
- overthrow
- overtire
- overturn
- overuse
- overwhelm
- overwork
- palter
- partake of
- pass away
- pass on
- pass up
- pauperize
- pay
- pay down
- pay out
- pay up
- perish
- peter out
- philander
- pig out
- pillage
- play
- play games with
- play with
- polish off
- poop
- poop out
- potter
- pour out
- prostrate
- pump
- pump out
- purge
- put away
- put in
- put out
- put the kibosh on
- put to use
- putter
- quaff
- rape
- ravage
- ravish
- raze
- reduce
- rejoice in
- release
- relinquish
- relish
- revel in
- rob
- rub
- run out
- run ragged
- run through
- rush out
- sack
- sacrifice
- sap
- scarf down
- scrape
- scrape off
- scuff
- settle
- shatter
- shell out
- shrink
- siphon
- smash
- spend
- splurge
- spoil
- spoilate
- spring for
- squander
- strain
- string along
- stuff
- succumb
- suck
- suck dry
- suffer
- suffer loss
- surrender
- swallow
- swill
- take
- take in
- take it out of
- take up
- tap
- tax
- terminate
- throw away
- throw money at
- tire
- tire out
- total
- toy
- trifle away
- tucker
- twiddle
- unburden
- undermine
- undoing
- unload
- use
- use up
- utilize
- vacate
- void
- wanton
- wash away
- wash up
- waste
- waste time
- weaken
- wear
- wear down
- wear out
- wear thin
- weary
- weather
- wink at
- wipe out
- withdraw
- wolf
- wolf down
- worsen
- wrack
- wreak havoc on
- wreck
- wrecker
- yield
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