食いつぶす
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
Other spellings
食い潰す
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
くいつぶす
くいつぶす
Examples3
彼
He ate up his fortune by gambling.
新
The new business was eating away his fortune.
あの
That boy of mine! He'll eat me out of house and home!