drink up

verb

drink up

verb
1

Ambitransitive To drink completely; to finish (one's drink).

  • The bar's closing now, so drink up!
  • A Loafe of bread was brought out, and delivered to the Sinne-eater over the corps, as also a Mazar-bowle of maple (Gossips bowle) full of beer, wᶜʰ he was to drinke up.1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 35:
1 more example
  • Another enemy of wine in the city is vibration. Again, if you plan to drink up your collection in a year or two, have no fear. Over the long haul, however, vibration can break down a good wine.1977 January 12, “Wine Talk”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2025:

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