sop up

British  

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to mop or take up (spilt water, etc) with or as if with a sponge

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Example Sentences

But there’s something uniquely insidious about how the phone is eager to sop up the bounty of time that retirement has granted me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

A hedge-fund strategy known as the “basis trade” has helped sop up more Treasury issuance.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

But if there aren’t enough home listings to sop up that demand, then price growth—which has petered out to a rate slower than wage growth—could reignite.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

“There was also a man whose cell was covered in mold and water and he was using his clothes to sop up the water,” Broder said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

I devoured it, dipping the steaming bread in the remains to sop up every trace.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Related Words

• consume
• ingest
• swallow
• take in