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lap up

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Americans get riled up about creationists and climate change deniers, but lap up the quasi-religious snake oil at Whole Foods.

And now lap up thy sewing, child, for I see thy father coming in, and we will go down to hall.

Although the flies are sucking insects, their beaks lap up liquid food and are not at all like the beaks of the bugs.

It is curious that the female should have such habits, while the males are content to lap up nectar from the flowers.

Such a man, truly wise, creams of nature, leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap up.

I wish you could have seen Fluff lap up the milk, which was warmed for him and put in a saucer on the floor of the automobile.

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On this page you'll find 412 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lap up, such as: acknowledge, admit, adopt, affirm, approve, and assume.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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