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English
Verb
eat up with a spoon (third-person singular simple present eats (something) up with a spoon, present participle eating (something) up with a spoon, simple past ate (something) up with a spoon, past participle eaten (something) up with a spoon)
- (informal, idiomatic) To accept (something) very eagerly.
2010, J. D. Robb, Rapture in Death:The public not only has the right to know, they eat it up with a spoon. Ratings rocketed.
2016, Hollis Shiloh, Keep:I liked how relaxing it was, sleeping with Colin. He never pushed, and he touched me like I was worth memorizing, cherishing. I hadn't had a lot of that in my life, and heaven help me, I ate it up with a spoon.
Translations
to accept something very eagerly
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