drink up
A2 neutral separable both
In simple words
Finish your drink completely — don't leave any in the glass.
Literal meaning: To bring liquid upward into the mouth and finish it.
Meanings
1 A2 neutral
To finish all of what is in your glass or cup, leaving nothing behind.
"Drink up your juice before we leave for school."
Grammar: separable
2 A2 informal
Used as a command, often in a pub or social setting, to tell people to finish their drinks quickly, usually because it is closing time or time to move on.
""Drink up, everyone — the last train leaves in ten minutes," Tom announced."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Commonly used as an imperative — 'Drink up!' — to tell someone to finish their drink, often because it is time to leave. Also used as a general instruction in the sense of 'finish drinking'.
Commonly used with
milk juice coffee tea beer medicine
Forms
Base
drink up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
drinks up
he/she/it
Past simple
drank up
yesterday
Past participle
drunk up
have + pp
-ing form
drinking up
continuous
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