Phrasal verbs: Let’s eat! Eat out or Eat up?

Another example of a word that is common to phrasal verbs is the word “eat”. When you want to someone to eat with you, you can say let’s eat, but you can also use this verb to express different things.

This post will explain the different phrasal verbs that use the word “eat” and will give examples of how each is used.

Let’s Eat

Eat out: This phrase means to eat at a restaurant. Here is an example:

Since I didn’t have enough time to fix dinner, we will eat out tonight.

Eat up: This phrase means “devorar” and can be used in a literal sense as well as a figurative sense. In its literal sense, it means to eat something ravenously. In its figurative sense, it can mean to approach something enthusiastically. Here is an example:

He loves math. Anytime he has a chance to learn something new in geometry, he just eats it up.

The phrase “eat up” can also be used in a negative sense. It can mean to consume in large quantities. Here is an example:

Health insurance costs are eating up his income.

Here is another example of how these phrases are used:

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