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Lap up

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To consume by lapping; to drink (something) quickly. transitive

    "The cat's lapping up the milk in its bowl"

  2. 2
    take up with the tongue wordnet
  3. 3
    To revel in, to overtly enjoy. figuratively, transitive

    "You could see she was pleased, she was lapping up the applause."

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