sop up
phrasal verb
sopped up; sopping up; sops up
: to remove (a liquid) from a surface by using soft paper, bread, etc.
He sopped up the gravy with pieces of bread.
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Make sure to serve it over creamy mashed potatoes, which sop up the savory sauce perfectly.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2025
This fabulous stew is best eaten with your fingers, using pulled and pressed pieces of fufu as the vessel for sopping up the spicy soup juices.
—Mará Rose Williams, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Its richer, caramel-laden notes are easily sopped up with buttery bread and pastry, cutting through the fat to soften and sweeten things ever so gently.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
Use the restaurant’s excellent bread to sop up all the butter and its aromatics.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2025
This fabulous stew is best eaten with your fingers, using pulled and pressed pieces of fufu as the vessel for sopping up the spicy soup juices.
—Mará Rose Williams, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Its richer, caramel-laden notes are easily sopped up with buttery bread and pastry, cutting through the fat to soften and sweeten things ever so gently.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
Use the restaurant’s excellent bread to sop up all the butter and its aromatics.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Sop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sop%20up. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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