drink up

present singular third person drinks up · participle present drinking up · past drank up · participle past drunk up

1. ambitransitiveTo drink completely; to finish (one's drink).

   The bar's closing now, so drink up!

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   A Loafe of bread was brought out, and delivered to the Sinne-eater over the corps, as also a Mazar-bowle of maple (Gossips bowle) full of beer, wᶜʰ he was to drinke up.

   1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 35

   Another enemy of wine in the city is vibration. Again, if you plan to drink up your collection in a year or two, have no fear. Over the long haul, however, vibration can break down a good wine.

   1977 January 12, “Wine Talk”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2025