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Verb: soak up
  1. Take in, also metaphorically
    "The sponge soaks up water well"
    - absorb, suck, imbibe, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
     
  2. Devote (oneself) fully to
    - steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb

Derived forms: soaking up, soaked up, soaks up

Type of: center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], concentrate, focus, pore, rivet

Nearest

so far
so long
so much
so soon
so that
so there
so to speak
so what
soak
soak through
soak up
soakage
soakaway
soaked
soaker
soaking
soaking up
so-and-so
soap
soap bubble
soap dish