Definition of "soak up" [soak up]

• Absorb (verb)

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• "Pan-frying meat allows the meat to soak up its own fat, which makes it juicier but also higher in calories and fat."
• "The arm she'd draped across Black Elk's chest tingled from being too long in one position and her lungs hurt from trying to soak up oxygen around the smoke-borne debris lodged in the tissues."
• "He had his leather wristbands on to soak up the sweat from his arms, but the delicate hands were ungloved, gripping the axe handle lightly and with exquisitely directed skill."