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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
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If all you wanted was love, Why would you use me up,
If all you wanted was love, Why would you use me up,
I saw this sentence in a song and why is use me up, not use me written? Is there a meaning difference between use someone up and use someone?
Thank you so much in advance.
I saw this sentence in a song and why is use me up, not use me written? Is there a meaning difference between use someone up and use someone?
Thank you so much in advance.
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"Use up" = take so much, that something becomes empty of what is being taken. In the case of people, to exhaust them so they are made quite weak. Love is not a material, so if it's the only thing you want you should be able to continue to have love without using the person up (empty/exhaust them).
- "Use up" = take so much, that something becomes empty of what is being taken.
- In the case of people, to exhaust them so they are made quite weak.
- Love is not a material, so if it's the only thing you want you should be able to continue to have love without using the person up (empty/exhaust them).
- Your sentence is saying they were also wanting something else that wasn't love, and that "emptied" them.
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"Use up" = take so much, that something becomes empty of what is being taken. In the case of people, to exhaust them so they are made quite weak.
Love is not a material, so if it's the only thing you want you should be able to continue to have love without using the person up (empty/exhaust them).
Your sentence is saying they were also wanting something else that wasn't love, and
Love is not a material, so if it's the only thing you want you should be able to continue to have love without using the person up (empty/exhaust them).
Your sentence is saying they were also wanting something else that wasn't love, and
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Thank you so much and can I also say either Stop using me up or Stop using me for the same meaning?
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"use" someone = selfishly take advantage of someone only being a friend for selfish gain, without necessarily "emptying them" - this is slightly different from "use up"
Stop using me up is grammatically correct but you'd not usually say it that way; perhaps "(Please) don't use me up"
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Stop using me up is grammatically correct but you'd not usually say it that way; perhaps "(Please) don't use me up"
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