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drink up

drink up(

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A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g. Take out the trash.).

transitive verb phrase

1. (to finish)

a. terminar de tomar

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

Ben drank up his beer and left without a word.Ben terminó de tomar su cerveza y se fue sin decir nada.

b. tomarse

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

Drink up your medicine. It'll do you good.Tómate tu medicina. Te hará bien.

c. terminar de beber

She drank up her coffee and called for the check.Terminó de beber su café y pidió la cuenta.

d. beberse

Over the next few months we drank up everything he'd left in his wine cellar.Durante los siguientes meses nos bebimos todo lo que había dejado en su bodega.

An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g. Everybody please stand up.).

intransitive verb phrase

2. (to finish one's drink)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

Drink up and let's go. I want to go home.Termina tu bebida y vámonos. Quiero irme a casa.

The customers were drinking up before the bar closed.Los clientes estaban terminando sus copas antes de que cerrara el bar.

drink up

A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g. Take out the trash.).

transitive verb phrase

1. (general)

a. beberse todo

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

2. (general)

d up!¡vayan terminando!

drink up

transitive verb

[+one's drink] terminar de beber; terminar de tomar; (LAm) [+all drink available] beberse; tomarse; (LAm)

drink up your sherry and we'll go It's all I can do to keep them from drinking up all our tea ration as infants, we were encouraged to drink up our milk

verb:intransitive:plus_adverb

drink up now, please! ¡terminen sus bebidas!

drink up, we're going Here's yours, Will. Drink up we drank up and left

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