use up
to use all of a supply of something
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to use all of a supply of something
to use all of something and not have any left
if an activity or cost eats into your time or money, it uses more of it than you intended
to have only a few things left to use or deal with
to use large amounts of your available time or money
to use a lot of something such as money, time, or effort
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