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laps (up)

verb , present tense third-person singular of lap (up)

Synonyms and Antonyms of laps (up)

to receive or accept gladly or readily

a show-off who laps up attention the way a kitten does milk

Synonyms of laps (up)

drinks (in), eats (up), embraces, welcomes

Words Related to laps (up)

adopts, espouses, takes up

enjoys, likes, prefers

cherry-picks, chooses, culls, decides (on), elects, handpicks, names, opts (for), picks, selects, singles (out), takes

Near Antonyms of laps (up)

balks (at), declines, passes up, refuses, rejects, spurns, throws over, turns down

demurs (to), objects (to)

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