lap up
Britishverb
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to eat or drink
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to relish or delight in
he laps up old horror films
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to believe or accept eagerly and uncritically
he laps up tall stories
Example Sentences
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It’s the perfect place for Allen to lap up the last of the warm weather when he returns to Buffalo for preseason training camp, which kicks off on July 24.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026
It’s boorish and grating, assuming its audience will lap up whatever tasteless parody it puts out for them just because it aligns with popular films that share its basic themes.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025
It presents the conversation as chatty: they apparently discussed ice hockey, the kind of detail an audience back in Russia will lap up.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025
Ocean water is able to seep beneath ice shelves and lap up against the edge of the glacier at the grounding line, melting the ice from the bottom up.
From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2023
The dog rushed to lap up the milk.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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