soak up
Idioms-
Absorb, take in, as in I lay there, soaking up the sun , or She often went to hear poets read their work, soaking up every word . This usage, alluding to absorbing a liquid, dates from the mid-1500s.
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Drink to excess, as in She can really soak up her beer .
Example Sentences
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Soak up the sun — and art scene — along Orange County’s coastline.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024
"You never get this time in terms of looking after yourself… I tell them: 'Use it. Soak up everything we can offer you.'"
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2022
Soak up the sunshine — and British Columbia’s vast terrain — with a local Whistler beer or a margarita at the Umbrella Bar, located at 6,069 feet.
From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2022
Soak up seasonal satire from illustrator Simon Warner or imbibe some narrowboat Nabokov aboard the capital's only bookshop barge, Word On The Water.
From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2012
Soak up the time you have with your siblings.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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