to drink up
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1.4
- phrasal verb
- /drɪŋk ʌp/
- Informal
- Stas raised his stein and said, "Drink up."
- drink up your juice
- drink up the water
- drank up the beer
Examples
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Jared slid the coffee in front of Sam and encouraged him to drink up until the cup was empty.
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- Come on, drink it all up.
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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.
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Drink up, and we'll have lunch sent to my compartment.
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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.
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Drink up, enjoy yourselves.
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Drink up, Ophelia.
Synonyms
46
8.5
Drink an alcoholic drink or bottle completely in one session
25
8.2
To drink an alcoholic drink quickly
16
5.8
To drink a lot very quickly
5
7.5
To drink a lot quickly, usually alcoholic drinks
2
5.7
To drink all of a glass or bottle quickly in one go
1
3.2
To empty a glass quickly in one long gulp
1
6.9
To drink all the liquid in a cup
To drink a whole glass quickly, often of alcohol
To drink a lot very quickly, often alcohol
How Completely
Surface Forms
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'.