use up

verbs

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"

consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out

require (time or space)

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

occupy, take, use up