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

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Words nearby sop up

sopping, soppy, sopranino, soprano, soprano clef, sop up, Sopwith, sora, soralium, Sorata, sorb

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How to use sop up in a sentence

He couldn't get anything that would sop up oil and hold a light for half a minute.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell
She flung a towel down to sop up the tiny flood, and saw it swiftly crimson before her eyes.
A Sheaf of Corn|Mary E. Mann
I remember one of them used a slice of bread to sop up blood like gravy.
The Night of the Long Knives|Fritz Reuter Leiber
Like sponges they sop up the limited quantity of selling chances they happen to get.
Certain Success|Norval A. Hawkins

And it's surprising ain't it, what a lot of information you can sop up when you do the sponge act in earnest?
Torchy, Private Sec.|Sewell Ford

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