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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When grown in laboratory conditions, these bacteria sopped up anywhere from 25 to 74 percent of the PFAS chemicals they were exposed to within 24 hours.
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Nora Bradford, Scientific American, 4 July 2025
Not only that, the results also revealed that the nine species accumulated PFAS at a consistent rate, sopping up the same percentage of the toxic chemical — which was anywhere from around 25 to 75 percent, depending on the species — regardless of the amount that was fed to the mice.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2025
Georgians might even serve their cornbread with a bowl of Brunswick stew for sopping up the meaty juices.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 July 2025
The chicken was outrageously juicy, shredded into succulent hunks that sopped up a brick-red-colored mole made from roasted tomatoes, chiles and onions with ground sesame and pumpkin seeds.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
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Nora Bradford, Scientific American, 4 July 2025
Not only that, the results also revealed that the nine species accumulated PFAS at a consistent rate, sopping up the same percentage of the toxic chemical — which was anywhere from around 25 to 75 percent, depending on the species — regardless of the amount that was fed to the mice.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2025
Georgians might even serve their cornbread with a bowl of Brunswick stew for sopping up the meaty juices.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 July 2025
The chicken was outrageously juicy, shredded into succulent hunks that sopped up a brick-red-colored mole made from roasted tomatoes, chiles and onions with ground sesame and pumpkin seeds.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
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“Sop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sop%20up. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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