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View definitions for sop up

sop up

verb as in absorb

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Example Sentences

He couldn't get anything that would sop up oil and hold a light for half a minute.

She flung a towel down to sop up the tiny flood, and saw it swiftly crimson before her eyes.

I remember one of them used a slice of bread to sop up blood like gravy.

Like sponges they sop up the limited quantity of selling chances they happen to get.

And it's surprising ain't it, what a lot of information you can sop up when you do the sponge act in earnest?

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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sop up, such as: consume, ingest, swallow, take in, blot, and devour.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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