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Suck up

To absorb (fluid).

📖 Definitions of "Suck up"

verb
  1. 1

    To absorb (fluid).

    "The dry soil sucked up water like a sponge."

  2. 2

    (chiefly with "to") To adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.

    "Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A."

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