sop up

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sop up

verb sops up · sopping up · sopped up

transitive To absorb, to soak up. The smell of my vomit was overpowering. I thought I might retch again. Quickly, I gathered up some paper towels and sopped up my mess.

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@misc{sop_up_2026,
  title = {sop up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sop%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}