up ( informal )
1.
to use sth very quickly :
Hotel costs gobbled up most of their holiday budget.
2.
if a business company, etc. gobbles up a smaller one, it takes control of it
up ( informal )
1.
to use sth very quickly :
Hotel costs gobbled up most of their holiday budget.
2.
if a business company, etc. gobbles up a smaller one, it takes control of it
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005