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Verb: sop up
  1. Take in, also metaphorically
    "The sponge sops up water well";
    - absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
     
  2. Take up as if with a sponge
    - take in, suck in, take up

Derived forms: sopped up, sopping up, sops up

Type of: consume, have, ingest, take, take in

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