sop up
phrasal verb
sopped up; sopping up; sops up
: to remove (a liquid) from a surface by using soft paper, bread, etc.
He sopped up the gravy with pieces of bread.
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Chemicals and cleaning products: Paper towels are compostable if they have been used to sop up natural cleaners, such as vinegar or baking soda.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
Put them in a sandwich, enjoy them on their own, with Butter Garlic Bread (see below) for sopping up the sauce, or serve them on top of spaghetti.
—Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
Mariners trainer Rob Scheidegger placed a towel up to his face to help sop up some of the blood, which began trickling down the right side of his jaw.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 4 June 2025
So any sufficiently shortwave light—not just ultraviolet, but also even more cell-damaging x-rays and gamma rays—is sopped up by molecules in the air.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
Put them in a sandwich, enjoy them on their own, with Butter Garlic Bread (see below) for sopping up the sauce, or serve them on top of spaghetti.
—Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
Mariners trainer Rob Scheidegger placed a towel up to his face to help sop up some of the blood, which began trickling down the right side of his jaw.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 4 June 2025
So any sufficiently shortwave light—not just ultraviolet, but also even more cell-damaging x-rays and gamma rays—is sopped up by molecules in the air.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for sop up
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“Sop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sop%20up. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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