Conserve
Conserve verb - To avoid the wasteful or destructive use of.
Usage example: the need to conserve oil and other finite fossil fuels
Use up
Use up verb - To make complete use of.
Usage example: we used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles
Both terms in one sentence
- In Dragon Ball Super instead of forcing Goku to give up like in the movie, Beerus wins by letting Goku use up his energy reserves since he has far more energy than him and Goku is still new to godhood and doesn't know how to conserve his energy.
Source: Victory by Endurance
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