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Meanings of
sop up
in English
Portuguese
absorver
Catalan
absorbir
Spanish
chupar
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Take in, also metaphorically.
draw
absorb
suck
imbibe
soak up
suck up
take in
take up
Related terms
draw in
suck in
Portuguese
absorver
Usage of
sop up
in English
1
Finally, after I could
sop
up
no more pleasure, he took mercy.
2
Erin grabbed a dish towel and started to
sop
up
the liquid.
3
I glance around to find something to
sop
up
the mess.
4
I used my napkin to
sop
up
the spilled water.
5
He'd used the bread to
sop
up
the extra sauce.
6
That way, at least, we could
sop
up
the carbon mess in relative comfort.
7
They still have this incredible curiosity, and they can
sop
up
knowledge like a sponge.
8
Serve with the bread to
sop
up
the sauce.
9
If only he had his beard back so that it might
sop
up
the tears.
10
I
sop
up
the water, biting my tongue to keep from snapping something I'll later regret.
11
Disgusted and angry, he tried to
sop
up
some of the muddy water with his handkerchief.
12
Others have tried using silicon nanowires, which work a bit like a mop to
sop
up
lithium.
13
Bring a sponge to
sop
up
moisture off the rain fly or anything else that gets wet.
14
Analysts expect the combined company to
sop
up
some excess capacity in the industry by eliminating duplicate routes.
15
Like any good New Orleanian, she used her bread to
sop
up
the spicy remnants of the red beans.
16
She accepted the offering without complaint, using the hard bread to
sop
up
the last bit of meat juices.
Other examples for "sop up"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
sop
up
sop
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
sop up
Portuguese
absorver
Catalan
absorbir
Spanish
chupar
absorber
Sop up
through the time
Sop up
across language varieties
United States of America
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