soak in
English edit
Etymology edit
Prepositional verb from soak + in (“into”).
Verb edit
soak in (third-person singular simple present soaks in, present participle soaking in, simple past and past participle soaked in)
- To wet a surface and be absorbed completely (of a liquid)
- To spend time experiencing something
- 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian[1]:
- Wes Morgan and Marc Albrighton scored the goals that mean Leicester will join Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus in the quarter-final draw in Nyon on Friday. Just let that soak in for a moment.