soak
verb (used without object)
to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
Used to describe a continuous action that will progress up until a designated point of completion in the future.
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Neville is the sort of character who will have been soaking up vital information like a sponge.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2015