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eat up with a spoon en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To accept (something) very eagerly.
    • I liked how relaxing it was, sleeping with Colin. He never pushed, and he touched me like I was worth memorizing, cherishing. I hadn't had a lot of that in my life, and heaven help me, I ate it up with a spoon. 2016, Hollis Shiloh, Keep:
    • The public not only has the right to know, they eat it up with a spoon. Ratings rocketed. 2010, J. D. Robb, Rapture in Death:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
eating up with a spoon Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eaten up with a spoon Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eats up with a spoon Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ate up with a spoon Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

hook, line and sinker

Translations (3)

es comulgar con ruedas de molino (to accept something very eagerly) · pl przyjąć z otwartymi rękami (to accept something very eagerly) · pl przyjmować z otwartymi rękami (to accept something very eagerly)