Usually means: Absorb, take in, or assimilate.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. soak up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. soak up: Merriam-Webster
  3. soak up: Vocabulary.com
  4. soak up: Wiktionary
  5. soak up: Dictionary.com
  6. soak up: Rhymezone
  7. soak up: FreeDictionary.org
  8. soak up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. soak up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. soak up: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. soak up: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. soak up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (soak up)

▸ verb:  To absorb or draw in a substance, especially all of that substance.
▸ verb:  (figurative, by extension) To absorb or deflect a series of actions; to endure a behavior from someone.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To learn, especially passively or eagerly; to allow an experience to affect oneself.
▸ verb:  To enjoy some effects.

Similar:
sop up, absorb, suck up, suck, imbibe, draw, take up, take in, soak, insuck, more...

Opposite:
release, expel, drain, dry, dehydrate

Types:
sponge, sop, swab, wipe, moisten, dampen, wet, more...

Phrases:
Soak Up the Sun, soak it up, to soak up like a sponge, soak up or take in, soak up from the environment, more...

Adjectives:
sodden, resorbent, soaky, steep, absorbed, soppy, soaking, soggy, all wet, soaking wet, drenching

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Similar:
sop up, absorb, suck up, suck, imbibe, draw, take up, take in, soak, insuck, more...

Opposite:
release, expel, drain, dry, dehydrate

Types:
sponge, sop, swab, wipe, moisten, dampen, wet, more...

Phrases:
Soak Up the Sun, soak it up, to soak up like a sponge, soak up or take in, soak up from the environment, soak up a lesson, soak up every drop, more...

Adjectives:
sodden, resorbent, soaky, steep, absorbed, soppy, soaking, soggy, all wet, soaking wet, drenching



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