食い尽くす

くいつくす【食い尽くす】

eat up

［他］…を(たちまち)食べ尽くす.

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くいつくす【食い尽くす】

eat up; consume; devour; exhaust; 《英》 《口》 demolish.

●糧食を食い尽くす finish off the supply of food; consume all the stock of provisions.

●彼らはすでに自分たちの食糧を食い尽くしてしまっていた. They had already eaten up their supply of food.