use up

[use up] {v. phr.}

1. To use until nothing is left; spend or consume completely.

* /Don't use up all the soap. Leave me some to wash with./

* /Jack used up his last dollar to see the movies./

Compare: GIVE OUT(5). 2. {informal} To tire completely; make very tired; exhaust; leave no strength or force in. — Usually used in the passive.

* /After rowing the boat across the lake, Robert was used up./

Compare: GIVE OUT(4), WEAR OUT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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