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Discover Ludwig"lapping up" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to eagerly and enthusiastically accept or enjoy something. Example: The children were lapping up their ice cream, laughing and smiling as they licked their cones. Other examples: - The audience was lapping up the comedian's jokes, roaring with laughter throughout the entire show. - She sat by the pool, lapping up the sun and sipping on her cold drink. - The fans were lapping up the singer's performance, cheering and singing along to every song. - I couldn't resist lapping up the delicious pasta, the flavors exploding in my mouth with each bite. - The cat lapped up the milk from its bowl, purring contently.
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He was lapping up the wine when he was caught.
The point is, we're lapping up genre TV.
They seem so harmless at first — small, quiet, lapping up their saucer of milk.
But if cash keeps lapping up on foreign shores, the risk premium may be washed away.
And we are lapping up every detail," wrote the USA Today on Friday morning.
"I had no difficulty in lapping up page after paragraph of this fare..
8 Cravendale – cats with thumbs Still lapping up the attention online.
"The upper middle class is lapping up good liquor that is priced reasonably," Mr. Cariappa said.
As I was lapping up the last few drops, my mother called.
"How's that?" she says, lowering her head and lapping up the ale.
And it was fun to see the City Ballet audience eagerly lapping up sheer physical spectacle.
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