lap up

Here, marmots crawl inside vehicles to chew hoses and lap up fluid, sometimes disabling cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

That, combined with the quality of the lap up until then, put him on pole, Antonelli and Verstappen fourth and fifth.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Then there’s the real world—the one where readers and viewers lap up celebrity updates, clickbait headlines, and bleed-and-lead news segments.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Or just to the days when the problems that have long racked L.A. didn’t lap up to the denizens of Prattland — until they did?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

I pour some water out on the patio for him to lap up, which he does.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman