Textual thesaurus for "use up"

(verb) consume, eat, eat up, deplete, run through, wipe out, exhaust

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

(verb) take, occupy

require (time or space)

It took three hours to get to work this morning; This event occupied a very short time