Usually means: Eagerly consume or enjoy something.
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  1. lap up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lap up: Merriam-Webster
  3. lap up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. lap up: Vocabulary.com
  5. lap up: Wordnik
  6. lap up: Wiktionary
  7. lap up: Dictionary.com
  8. lap up: Rhymezone
  9. lap up: FreeDictionary.org
  10. lap up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. lap up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lap up: Legal dictionary

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  1. lap up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lap up: Medical dictionary

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  1. lap up: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lap up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (lap up)

verb:  (transitive) To consume by lapping; to drink (something) quickly.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To revel in, to overtly enjoy.

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