sop something up Definition

sop
noun

1. A piece of food, especially bread, dipped or soaked in a liquid, eg soup.

Form: sops (often)
2. Something given or done as a bribe or in order to pacify someone

3. A feeble or spineless person.

verb

tr & intr
sopped, sopping
1. To soak or become soaked.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sopp.

Phrasal Verb: sop something up

To mop or soak it up.