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to drink up

to drink up

31 1.4
To finish all the liquid in a cup or bottle so nothing is left
  • phrasal verb
  • /drɪŋk ʌp/
  • Informal
translation icon : beberse
  • Stas raised his stein and said, "Drink up."
  • drink up your juice
  • drink up the water
  • drank up the beer

Examples

  • Jared slid the coffee in front of Sam and encouraged him to drink up until the cup was empty.

  • - Come on, drink it all up.

    The Doctor and the Devils (1985)

  • Drink up and let me just mix us all a second drink.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • But we love you Nina. Alright, let's drink up and head to our first location.

  • Drink up, and we'll have lunch sent to my compartment.

    Strangers on a Train (1951)

  • Wendell pours us some wine, and we all drink up.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • "We drank up and I couldn't believe how good I felt."

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Drink up, guys.

    A Minecraft Movie (2025)

  • Drink up, enjoy yourselves.

    Bound by Honor (1993)

  • Drink up, Ophelia.

    Savages (2012)

Synonyms

to kill
vsto drink up
  • Informal
46 8.5

Drink an alcoholic drink or bottle completely in one session

is about emptying any container fully, not limited to alcohol
to pop
vsto drink up
  • Informal
25 8.2

To drink an alcoholic drink quickly

finishes all of it instead of only highlighting informality or quickness
to guzzle
vsto drink up
  • Informal
16 5.8

To drink a lot very quickly

is about finishing everything rather than stressing greed or thirst
to swill
vsto drink up
  • Informal
5 7.5

To drink a lot quickly, usually alcoholic drinks

means emptying something completely rather than highlighting greed or volume
to pour down
vsto drink up
  • Informal
2 5.7

To drink all of a glass or bottle quickly in one go

is about ending with nothing left rather than the pouring action
to drink down
vsto drink up
1 3.2

To empty a glass quickly in one long gulp

finishes all of it until nothing remains rather than stressing speed
to drain the cup
vsto drink up
1 6.9

To drink all the liquid in a cup

is the general idea of finishing completely, not only cup imagery
to toss off
vsto drink up
  • Informal
8.4

To drink a whole glass quickly, often of alcohol

focuses on complete emptying without stressing speed or alcohol
to swill down
vsto drink up
  • Informal
8.0

To drink a lot very quickly, often alcohol

means finishing completely rather than mainly showing large rapid intake

How Completely

to drink up
  • Informal
31 1.4
to guzzle
  • Informal
16 5.8
to drink
∞ 1.0
to sip
127 1.0

Surface Forms

drink up infinitive
drinking up present participle
drinks up third person singular
drank up past
drunk up past participle

Morphology

drink + up

The sense 'drink all of something' is directly derivable from combining 'drink' (to ingest liquid) with the particle 'up', which commonly marks completion or total consumption in English verb+particle constructions. This compositional completive meaning is frequent and predictable (compare 'eat up', 'finish up'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Drink up comes from a simple picture: someone keeps drinking until their cup or glass is empty. The word up here shows the action is finished, so drink up means 'to drink all of something'.