suck up

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verb

1
To absorb (fluid).
“The dry soil sucked up water like a sponge.”
2
(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.”

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