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What does suck up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word suck up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To absorb (fluid).
  2. (slang, chiefly with "to") To adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
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Growing a cover crop would suck up so much precious moisture that it would put him in the red.
By and large, novels and TV suck up a lot of precious time, and tend to disinform more than anything else.
Conner was known about the school as the goody-goody to all teachers and a suck up to Jocks.
Encia workmen are punching boreholes deep into the ground to suck up oily chemicals which leaked into aquifers far beneath the surface.
Once ejected, the tarry comets would simply suck up visible light, he says, remaining cloaked in darkness.
My favorite part is the glops of caramel you suck up in the straw.

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