Eat up
Eat up verb - To receive or accept gladly or readily.
Usage example: predictably, moviegoers ate up the sequel to last summer's blockbuster
Like
Like verb - To take pleasure in.
Usage example: an adventuresome young woman who likes skydiving
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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The game is about you making your twin get more and more sick, as the stillborn sucks his life and eat up his life force, growing like a parasite inside his body.
Source: Nightmare Fuel / Video Games -
Like roaches, they "eat up" the crumbs and mistakes of time travelers, and if they directly make nuisances of themselves, eat them as well.
Source: Clock Roaches -
The official Nintendo Power strategy guide even stated 'This level will eat up lives like candy' when talking about it.
Source: Advancing Wall of Doom
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Like and Eat up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/eat_up/like
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Like or Eat up. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/eat_up/like.
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