They ate the turkey up, and no one had to eat leftovers.
•The lion ate up the zebra very quickly.
2. Fig. to consume something rapidly, such as money. •Running this household eats my income up.
•The car really eats up gas.
3. Fig. to believe something. •Those people really eat that stuff up about tax reduction.
•They'll eat up almost anything you tell them.
4. Fig. to appreciate something. •The audience liked my singing; they really ate it up.
•The stuff about the federal budget went over well. They really ate up the whole story.