suck up
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suck up (third-person singular simple present sucks up, present participle sucking up, simple past and past participle sucked up)
- (transitive) To absorb (fluid).
- The dry soil sucked up water like a sponge.
- (slang, chiefly with "to") To adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
- Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A.
- To fellate (a person)
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to absorb fluid
to adulate or flatter excessively
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