sponge up

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   absorb as if with a sponge

   “sponge up the spilled milk on the counter”

   Broaderabsorb

Questions about sponge up

What does sponge up mean?

sponge up means "absorb as if with a sponge".

Is sponge up a common word?

sponge up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.