User-upper

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone or something that uses up or exhausts quickly. informal

    "I am trying to understand this idea of sustainability and I think it is connected very much to what Mr. Emmons is saying about staying put and encouraging people to become stewards and trustees of the land instead of user-uppers of the land."

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"I am trying to understand this idea of sustainability and I think it is connected very much to what Mr. Emmons is saying about staying put and encouraging people to become stewards and trustees of the land instead of user-uppers of the land."

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