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to suck up
[phrase form: suck]
01
to draw liquid or moisture into something by creating a vacuum or suction
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
movement verb
regular
separable
particle
up
base verb
suck
present tense
suck up
3rd person singular
sucks up
present participle
sucking up
past simple
sucked up
past participle
sucked up
Examples
Plants suck up water from the soil through their roots.
