sop up

verb

sop up

verb
1

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.2011, May-lee Chai, Dragon Chica, page 217:

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