phrasal verb🧩 phrasal verb

drink up

to finish a drink

What it means

To finish a drink completely, often quickly. It's frequently used as a friendly command in pubs and at parties when it's time to leave or move on.

Examples

  • Drink up, everyone — the last bus leaves in fifteen minutes!
  • He drank up his coffee and rushed out the door to catch his train.
  • She drank up the medicine despite its terrible bitter taste.
  • Let's drink up and head over to the next pub down the road.

Where it comes from

Separable phrasal verb. 'Drink up!' is the traditional last-call shout in British pubs, used by landlords near closing time for centuries.

Related phrasal verbs

#eat up#use up#fill up#run out

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