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  1. v. present participle of suck up.

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  • “It was just as well they had the rain coats, because, now the giant was striding over Lake Tsoda Popka, and the storm was sucking up water from all the different-flavored little lakelets, so that it was raining popka.”

    Roc and a Hard Place

  • “They were vacuuming her SUV at a self-serve car wash, sucking up the Irish-setter hair.”

    Simon & Schuster: Some Fun

  • “When I used her as an excuse to nonchalantly join her friends at their brutally exclusive lunch table, Victoria publicly accused me of sucking up to Ali Gertz, which I no doubt did, Ali being the only one of those girls who was ever nice to me it is worth noting here that Molly Ringwald played Ali in the TV movie based on her life.”

    Simon & Schuster: Dont You Forget About Me

  • “Bannin finished sucking up the mess, then sprayed with cleanser and vacuumed again, finally applying a decontaminating spray.”

    Command Decision

  • “For a moment, Lena considered sucking up her feelings and letting Jason ravish her in hopes that he could lift her libido to meet his.”

    Simon & Schuster: I.O.U.

  • “Akhenet lines raced like lightning over her, sucking up heat, returning it to her as energy to feed the deadly beam of light gnawing at the door.”

    Fire Dancer

  • “Its lower jaw was set back to make sucking up bottom trash easier, and its back was greeny black and gritty-looking.”

    Cold Mountain

  • “Hungrily sucking up huge mouthfuls of air, he lurched away from the table, knocking it over in his haste.”

    Simon & Schuster: THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY

  • “Then two little sucker-saps swooped in, sucking up the gnats, and he had relief.”

    A Spell For Chameleon

  • “This kingdom of Tazza was a mobile bio-vacuum sucking up and consuming all things edible, drinkable, burnable.”

    Simon & Schuster: Our American King

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