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synonyms for soak up

  • determine
  • enroll
  • gain
  • get
  • grasp
  • master
  • pick up
  • read
  • receive
  • review
  • study
  • apprentice
  • attain
  • con
  • cram
  • grind
  • imbibe
  • lucubrate
  • matriculate
  • memorize
  • peruse
  • prepare
  • be taught
  • be trained
  • become able
  • become versed
  • brush up on
  • burn midnight oil
  • commit to memory
  • crack the books
  • drink in
  • get down pat
  • get the hang of
  • get the knack of
  • improve mind
  • major in
  • minor in
  • pore over
  • specialize in
  • take course
  • take in
  • train in
  • wade through
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antonyms for soak up

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  • ignore
  • lose
  • miss
  • misunderstand
  • neglect
  • pass
  • release
  • spend
  • overlook
  • teach
  • dissipate
  • distract
  • misunderstand
  • vomit
  • spew
  • exude
  • emit
  • eject
  • disperse
  • abstain
    • misinterpret
    • overlook
    • miss
    • neglect
    • mistake
    • misunderstand
    • exclude
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      How to use soak up in a sentence

      What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
      THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
      Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
      THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
      Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
      THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUS
      In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
      BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
      The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
      PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")
      I was busy loading the piece when an exclamation of surprise from one of the men made me look up.
      BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
      Even as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.
      THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
      She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
      THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUX
      A flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.
      THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
      When we'd finished, one of the hunters rounded up the horses and we caught our nags and saddled them.
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      WORDS RELATED TO SOAK UP

      • assimilate
      • comprehend
      • digest
      • follow
      • get
      • get into
      • grasp
      • incorporate
      • latch onto
      • learn
      • sense
      • soak up
      • take in
      • understand
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