drink up

drink up (third-person singular simple present drinks up, present participle drinking up, simple past drank up, past participle drunk up)

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

   Coordinate term: eat up

   The bar's closing now, so drink up!

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

     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, w^ch he was to drinke up.

   • 1977 January 12, “Wine Talk”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 November 2025:

     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.

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