use up in WordNet English dictionary

1. use up (resources or materials)
   "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
   consume  eat up  use up  eat  deplete  exhaust  run through  wipe out 
   
2. require (time or space)
   "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
   take  occupy  use up 
   

use up in English Wiktionary