sop up in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sop up in the English»French Dictionary

I.sop [Brit sɒp, Am sɑp] N

II.sop <pres part sopping; pret, pp sopped> [Brit sɒp, Am sɑp] VB trans

I.up [ʌp] ADJ Up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs (get up, pick up etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (get, pick etc.).

1. up (high):

VIII.up and down ADV (to and fro)

XIV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB trans (increase)

XV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB intr inf

See also pick over, pick, get

I.pick over VB [Brit pɪk -, Am pɪk -] (pick [sth] over, pick over [sth])

I.pick [Brit pɪk, Am pɪk] N

2. pick (poke) → pick at

I.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB trans This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeuner.
get is used in many idiomatic expressions (to get something off one's chest etc.) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc.). This is also true of offensive comments (get stuffed etc.) where the appropriate entry would be stuff.
Remember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else (to get a room painted etc.) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive (faire repeindre une pièce etc.).
When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc.) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc.) as a single verb often suffices (s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc.).
For examples and further uses of get see the entry below.

II.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB intr

get her inf!
get him inf in that hat!
to get it up vulg sl
bander vulg sl
to get it up vulg sl
to get one's in Am inf

sop up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sop up in the English»French Dictionary

Translations for sop up in the English»French Dictionary

See also down3, down2, down1

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
You may have to order up a second basket of bread to sop up all the liquid.
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Now bread is needed to sop up the jus.
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In employment and labour law, conventional wisdom says that large firms sop up the management-side work, while boutiques live off referrals when conflicts arise.
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The carbon they'd sop up would give us significant time to keep working on improvements to zero-carbon power and transport technologies without exacerbating climate change.
ieet.org
So when it spills, it just sort of creates this tarry mess that is much more difficult to sop up than traditional oil.
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So much sweat poured off the fighters that a volunteer used a mop to sop up the sweat between each round of sparring, but it didn't matter.
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Here's a silly pudgy pudding of a woman who looks pregnant even when she's not, and she's spawning more sponges to sop up dole money.
www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk
Two prix fixe menus, four courses, $45 for meat, $35 for vegetarian, both of which change daily, and a snack menu to sop up cocktails.
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We come out of the womb with the ability to sop up information from people around us.
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Each afternoon, we awoke, put on our sunglasses and slowly nursed ourselves onto the streets for some steamed bun that could sop up whatever ailment still existed inside us.
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