eat

/it/3 phrasal verbs

The plain verb means to consume food.

Eat out and eat up are a clean illustration of the particle system: OUT takes you out of the house to a restaurant, UP finishes the food on your plate. Same verb, no overlap.

EAT flaps before vowels: eat out is “ea-dout”, eat it up is “ea-di-dup”.

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Every EAT phrasal verb, with the one line that keeps it apart from its siblings. Tap any one to open it.

Phrasal verb	Means	How to remember it
eat outNo object	have a meal at a restaurant	OUT = out of the house.
eat upSeparable2 meanings	finish all of your food	UP = completion — nothing left.
eat intoInseparable	gradually consume or erode — savings, time	INTO = it bites inward.

Phrasal verbs with EAT — what each one means