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lap up

British  

verb

  1. to eat or drink

  2. to relish or delight in

    he laps up old horror films

  3. to believe or accept eagerly and uncritically

    he laps up tall stories
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
lap up Idioms  

  1. Take in or receive very eagerly, as in She loves to travel—she just laps it up, or The agency is lapping up whatever information their spies send in. This expression alludes to an animal drinking greedily. [Late 1800s]

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

For now, though, private investors are making hay as the public markets lap up stakes in the start-ups they placed early bets on.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

We lap up what algorithms feed us and spend so much time connecting with loved ones only through our screens.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 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

We lap up His love and He laps up his welcome.

From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto

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